RockyMountain

this is another pic which I got from my friend. she said it is Rocky_Mountain of USA. very nice! but look like the mountain around me, a little. yes.

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Mothers fell pressure to rise these boys as they always did: Become good man, Mrs NAKAYAMA said "of course, these pressures existed in the past, but then men had special privileges ,Now eve privileges are gone, but they still have all the responsibilities".

Meanwhile , Japan is only beginning to grapple with the ethics of sex-selection technology, So far, the reaction of the medical establishment is go slow.

In 1994 the obstetrics society citing safety concerns; issued an edict against the most potent sex-selection technique, separating sperm containing the heavier X chromosomes, which produce girls, from that bearing the lighter Y choromosomes , which produce boys. Artificial insemination or in vitro fertilization can follow the head of the obstetrics society's ethics committee, SEICHIRO FUJIMOTO, said the edict against sperm separation was based on both safety concerns and ethical objections "The general feeling is that is goes against God's logic "he said. The silent majority most Japanese would be against it.

a train which does not work

this a train which not be use now. there is many people who love the old train (not including me), so this one as a object to be showed. there also some people who is eating their lunch in it..

flower arrangement

this is made by me! the flower arrangement, I used two small apple . doesn't it cute!

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Whether or not the girl craze produces more females, expects say it is noteworthy as an indicator of profound social change that includes a national pension system that makes male offspring less essential in providing financial support for their elderly parents, a weakening of ancestral male-dominated family system, increasing individualism and the much - improved society economic status of women.

But some people say more parent want girls because life is no longer Sweet for Japanese boys. To hear them tell it hapless male tots are condemned the endure the take-no-prisoners Japanese educational system, followed by a life sentence as a faceless corporate drone.

It is tough to be a man , said YUKIKO NAKAYAMA,deputy editor of My Baby magazine. Even when they are little, boys have to complete. If they are bad at sports, it is a problem; if they are bad in school, it is a problem. They have to get into a good university and get a good job. There's a lot more pressure on them. "Life is easier for girl" she said, they have more choices. And although society may give more choices to its daughters. expections for sons remain unchanged.

garden - NANOHANA

another view of a garden near my home. the flower is called "NANOHANA", a flow of vegetables. with the mountain covered by snow , great!

a view of garden

this a view of dome garden which near my home. you can walking and running there , but I still did not. I wish I will walked there several times this year. it is a nice place near the airport.

coffee break-ZENZAI

sweet Japanese traditional desert "ZENZAI"!

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So far, there has been no measurable change in the sex ratio of Japanese new Born's. That may be explain in part by the fact that, sec-selective abortion is unheard of in Japan, doctors and sociologists says.

Abortion is legal until the 22nd week of pregnancy, but the Japan society of Obstetrics and Gynecology forbids doctors to reveal the gender of a baby before then because of concerns about gender-targeted abortions.

Demographers wonder whether and how fast the boy-to-girl birth rate might change as low birthrates fall further and the technology for selecting a baby's gender grows more reliable, cheaper and to many people, less morally troubling than abortion.

Mr SUGIYAMA, whose how-to-books on sex selection has sold more than 465000 copies. In the past 6 years, claims that his method is about 80 percent effective. It is based on such low-tech techniques as charting the ovulation cycle using body temperature, as well as the use of a PH-altering jelly, that favors survival of the sperm of choice.

Although inheritance laws in Japan no longer favor sons over daughters, and failure to produce a model heir is no longer grounds for divorce, pressure to bear sons - especially in rural areas has not vanished altogether, according to another doctor at the clinic SATOSHI IENAGA. He said some women who have one or more girls still cite a traditional proverb "A bird who doesn't have a son finds her position is weak" to explain why they want help conceiving a boy.

Still, the national institute of population and social security research in Tokyo has systematically documented. The growing preference for girls by asking the same questions of married couples every five years in 1982 the survey found that of those families who wanted only one child, 51.5 percent wanted a boy, But by 1987 only 37.1 percent wanted a boy. and by 1997 it was just 25 percent.

The vast majority of couples say they want two children, a boy and a girl, about the same as in 1982. But the number of families who want two boys and two girls jumped to 13 percent for 8.9 percent in 1982. Only 2.1 percent of couples say they want two boys.

A majority of Japanese men still prefer to have a boy if they have only one child. But most men want one child of each sex. This might not translate into more female births, as many men might not cooperate in the bedroom or the doctor's office with the sex-selection regimen chosen by their wifes.

nice view

I got a pic form my friends. it was nice view!

*=====* Baby girls: big in Japan

ISEHARA, Japan - In a surprising repudiation of the traditional Asian values that for centuries have put a premium on producing male heirs surveys show that up to 75 percent of Young Japanese parents now prefer baby girls.

Daughters are seen as cuter, easier to handle, more emotionally accessible and, ever more important in this fast-aging society, more likely to look after their elderly parents. Plenty of Japanese are dubious about whether the current crop of female infants will grow up to fulfill such parental hopes Nevertheless, a passion for baby girls has spawned hot-selling books and magazines. Pricey personalized advice services for sex selection and clinics dispensing suppository jelly, - pink to help produce girls or green for boys - for would -be parents trying to conceive the child of their dreams.

Boys don't listen and are hard to raise, said YUMI YAMAGUCHI,27, To improve her odds of conceiving a girl, Mrs YAMAGUCHI scrupulously followed the advice in a popular sec-selection book and took her temperature for an entire year before trying to become pregnant. She sobbed with joy when her daughter, AMI was born 14 months ago. Boys and their mothers seem to have a weak bond, but mothers and daughters stay close all of their lives, she said. She lives in a tiny, two-room apartment in ISEHARA, about 50 kilometers(30 miles) south west of TOKYO. Her husband and his family run a lumber company. Twenty years ago, such couples usually hoped for a boy to carry on the family business and were likely to keep trying until they got one. But Mrs YAMAGUCHI says that she and her husband can not afford a second child, but even if their economy prospects improve, they will try for another girl.

SHIRO SUGIYAMA, chairman of the sex selection study Association of Japan, which has 800 obstetricians as members, estimates that only 2 percent of Japanese women seeking to conceive are taking measures to select the baby's gender. Only their thermometers know for sure, though, because many do not consult doctors on the subject.