EQ: How have the demographics influenced the social challenges of the Japanese people?

1. EQ: How have the demographics influenced the social challenges of the Japanese people? Opener:Hiragana Review Quiz Classwork: • Language: Simple Phrases ohayogozaimasu, konnichwa, sayonara, konbanwa, oyasuminasai, genki desu ka • Lecture: Geography of Japan Part II – Demographics and Social Challenges • Culture: The Japanese Bath – printout, questions, demonstrate • Exit Slip: Five questions over lecture and culture. Closure: -Answer the essential question • Homework: た、ち、つ、て、と

2. Demographics and Social Challenges Part 1

3. Falling Birthrates • Feature of all modern industrialized societies • Work opp. For women • Social Security takes role in caring for elderly instead of children • Most marriage occurs after age 30, no premarital cohabitation • Work first/family second mentality • Last 20 years; steadiest drop in birthrates in the world • Shrinking school populations/closures

5. Aging Society • 2035 – 30% will be over 65 years old • Between 1947-1997 life expectancy rose • Men – 50-77 - Women – 54-84 • Horde financial assets due to fear of state-supported pensions drying up – threatens economy • Shortage of people entering workforce • Longest average life span in the world • 17 to 30 percent rise in S.S. taxes • Positive economic twist - Industry will develop to care for elderly $$$$$!! • (golf courses with blood pressure gauges and emergency phones at each hole!)

6. A Japanese expert on aging says reports that the oldest Japanese man died earlier last year at the age of 120 are false -- he was only 105. The true age of Shigechiyo Izumi, who died in February 1986, was discovered through research in his family's registration records, says Toshihisa Matsuzaki, director of the Department of Epidemiology at the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology. • www.supercentenarian.com/records.html

8. Nursing Home

9. Nursing Home

10. Burial Space • Must be cremated • Family tombstones • Obon • Festival of the Dead. Families return to hometown to visit gravesite of ancestors. • 1 sq. yard=$18 grand! • Butsudan • Small family buddhist alter – 2 billion dollar a year industry.

13. Population Distribution and Migration Patterns • Iwate – 94 ppl per sq. kilometer • Tokyo – 5,408 ppl per sq. kilometer • Limited arable, flat land • Industrial development influenced ppl to move to cities = drain on rural populations • 1st born male farmers take foreign brides – Chinese,/Pilipino • South western areas have highest populations • Face problems with overcrowding, pollution and housing

14. Foreign Brides

15. Culture: The Japanese Bath • Snow Monkees • Killer Baths – Japan • Foreigner Explains a Bath • Aoni Onsen – Natural primitive hot spring bathing in northern Japan.

16. Reading Questions • What do you do before getting into a Japanese bath? • What is the name for public bath in Japan? • Are Japanese baths inside of outside? • What are some dangers of a Japanese bath? • Other than getting clean, what are some other purposes of the this style of bathing? • Would you like to try a Japanese bath? Why or why not?

17. EQ: How have the demographics influenced the social challenges of the Japanese people? Opener:Language/hiragana review game Classwork: • Language: Review and Vocabulary • Read vocabulary from last class and introduce vocab from list • 1. ありがとうございます 2. いいえ 3. いってきます 4. いってらっしゃい 5. ただいま 6. おかえりなさい 7. いただきます 8. ごちそうさま 9. はじめまして 10. どうぞ　よろしく • Turn to page six of the Japanese packet labeled greetings. • In the blank spaces for the speakers put what should be there in English and then Japanese (Hiragana) • Lecture: Geography of Japan Part II – Demographics and Social Challenges • Culture: Furoshiki Magic – how to wrap something in cloth • Exit Slip: Five questions over lecture and culture. Closure:-Answer the essential question • Homework: な、に、ぬ、ね、の/Read Intro 18-24, be ready for quiz

19. Demographics and Social Challenges Part 2

20. Literacy and Education • Pre-school • Shogakko 1-6 • Chugakko 1-3 (7-9) • Kokogakko 1-3 (10-12) • Daigaku 1-4 • Reduction on population in rural areas – consolidate like schools in America in the 1950’s to save money and offer more programs/opportunities.

21. Kawai Chugakko

22. Kadoma Sho/Chu

24. Exams • Determine social AND financial position later in life • Failing college entrance test is a common cause of suicide in young adults • High competition explains the national literacy rate of 98% for 15 years and older. • Competitive education can even start in elementary schools • Shiken Jigoku – Examination Hell • Jyuuku – Cram School (extensive after school tutoring, private ind.) • $9,000 a year for 2.5 hours of instruction per week

25. Education pros/cons Pro Con Students learn to obey, not question Deprive children of the joy of youth Little independent thinking • High literacy rate • Schools teach self discipline, orderly classes, saftey, and rigorus training in math and reading. • Social Training

27. Kawai Shogakko

28. Minority Groups

29. Minority groups consist of indigenous, foreign, aboriginal, and conquered minority populations such as: Koreans, Burakumin, Ainu, and Okinawans. • Koreans – in Japan as a result of Japanese Imperialism during WWII or relations with international business • Burakumin – unclean cast of Shintoism/Buddhism that preaches the impurity of death and killing. (slaughter of animals for products and food) • Ainu – original inhabitants of islands of Japan who were hirsute and had Caucasian features (have been continually forced north since settlement from the mainland; most now live in Hokkaido.) • Okinawans – original inhabitants of the southern island

31. Furoshiki Majic!! • Read the handout and attempt to wrap things the Japanese way.

32. Agenda – 8/28/09 Opener:Language/hiragana review game Classwork: • Language: Review and Vocabulary • Review vocabulary from last class. • Quiz over Japanese Writing Systems reading • Check homework bubbles • Lecture: Geography of Japan Part III – Demographics and Social Challenges • Culture: Cleaning Lesson with video? • Exit Slip: Five questions over lecture and culture. Closure:-Answer the essential question • Homework: have flash cards created for あTHRUのand bring into class Tuesday for me to check. • I will check Hiragana homework sometime next week; have it ready! • 20x each character on genkoyoshi or graph paper.

33. Japanese Writing System Reading QuizYou may use your reading to assist you. • What does ﾃﾚﾋﾞ mean? • Mostly, kanji are used for which parts of speech? • How many basic syllables are there in the hiragana chart? • How many additional sounds are added when using diacritical marks? • Only one consonant sound uses a small circle as a diacritical mark, which consonant is it? • How are the hiragana や、ゆ、よ used to create contracted sounds? • Which character creates a double consonant sound when written in small hiragana? • Obaasan means grandmother, where as obasan means what? • In Japanese each syllable is pronounced approximately in __________length and stress. • Draw the character that represents long vowels written in katakana. • Would you use sayonara on a daily basis, according to this reading? • How many different ways, depending on the situation, can a you use sumimasen?

34. Demographics and Social Challenges Part 3

35. Foreign Workers in Japan

36. Foreign Workers in Japan • 1.68 million • Brazilians of Japanese Descent • Chinese came to Japan to work during WWII or are related to international business and students – • Korean immigrants make up the highest population and are a result of WWII Imperialism, North Korean refugees and illegal workers under organized crime. (Yakuza) • Myth of temporariness allows government to fill jobs without endangering the view of a homogenous society

37. This view is currently in transition as the population ages and more workers will be needed than the Japanese can provide. • Brazilian/Japanese – return to Japan since ancestors moved to South America for business opportunities in the early 20th century.

38. Foreign Workers in Japan • http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/23/business/global/23immigrant.html • Read Article and look at pics

39. Status of Women • Read the article and answer the questions. • 1. Men are hired for jobs with the assumption they will remain and build a career, how are women categorized? • 2. What are the two main jobs for women in these companies? • 3. What does, “ability to embellish their surroundings,” mean? • 4. What are companies afraid women will do when they get married? • 5. Amongst the most affluent and educated women in the world, what are the primary roles still expected of women? • 6. What did female news reports do as co-anchors in the past? • 7. How have women made the economy successful; post WWII? • 8. Define sekuhara . • 9. Define onna tengoku. • 10. How do educated young women, most likely to lead a revolution, view their male counterparts?

40. Homeless Population

41. Copy each cause.

42. Homeless camps near train stations. Each morning they are taken down and put up again that night.(tell Weezer story in Sendai)

43. Culture ActivitySchool Cleaning – Japanese Style • Soji – cleaning – done each week at schools and one major cleaning of homes on New Years Eve. • Zoki – floor cleaning rag (no mops!) Sometimes students race down the halls “pushing” their zoki. • Kireina – beautiful AND clean. The Japanese relate beauty to cleanliness and use this word interchangeably. No wonder baths are so popular! • Gomi – trash or rubbish • Fighto!/Gambatte! – fight, stay strong, don’t give up, persevere – used to encourage or cheer someone on. (cycling trip)

44. Soji no Toki(Cleaning Time) 25 points daily participation grade Last Year’s Video Some White Guy in Japan Out Doing Me

45. Instructions • Our goal is to smoke those Japanese kids at there own game! Can you “soji” in under 10 minutes? They do the whole school, can you do just one room; all to the sweet sounds of the Carpenters? • Once you are assigned a cleaning group get together and stand in the hall until you are called; you are being filmed!

46. Mistakes From Last Year 1. Way too much NOISE! Pick up the desks, chairs, etc. 2. Too much time on sweeping. Work together, get in and get out! 3. Didn’t finish in 10 minutes GAMBATE! FIGHTO! FIGHTO!

47. Chair Group • Assignment: stack chairs along the door wall and then replace chairs at the end of cleaning. • Cory • Richana • Tyler • Ariana • Ray

48. Desk Group • Assignment: Empty desks on floor and stack along the bulletin board wall. • DON’T DROP’EM ON YOUR TOES! • Flip desks and put on top of each other to save as much floor space as possible. • Remember where they go, you will replace them at the end. • Joe • James • Victor • Rachel • Cass

49. White Board Group • Assignment: completely erase and wipe off the white board and marker tray with cleaning wipes provided. • Jesi • Maya • Courtney

50. Sweep Floor Group • Assignment: Use the brooms and dust pans to sweep up all thrash and place in trash can. • Samantha • Kurstin • Ashlee • Kate