Former Daio Paper Chairman Yoshitaka Ikawa (who lost over 10 billion yen at casinos) has been making headlines for tweeting that Japanese supporters are being praised for picking up trash, saying, "This is disgusting, so please stop," and "It's slave mentality to be happy when people praise you for picking up trash."

I don't mind being praised, but I had a similar, uneasy feeling.

I wondered if it was a sincere compliment, and I thought that if you don't throw out trash, you won't pick it up, so I would be happier if you were praised for that.

However, I think it's true that Ikawa is saying that if there was no trash, people who make a living from it would be in trouble, and that it would take away their jobs, but I think that this is an idea that Japanese people can't get used to.

It's the mindset of upper class Western society, who are accustomed to using people as slaves, and I think Ikawa has acquired that kind of global mindset.

It seems that he wasn't just playing at the casino for show.

However, I think it's amazing that he can so clearly say, "This is disgusting, so please stop."

Regardless of judgments or criticisms, I want to live in a society where people can say what they want to say.

Igawa's comments had an impact that broke through a corner of the public discourse space that has become shrunk by concerns about compliance and the fact that if you say something, you will be criticized.

The reason why South Korea is saying that a certain pose of an opposing player is racist may be because it has reacted more sensitively to the fact that the same player has made a similar discriminatory remark in the past.

However, when a key South Korean player broke his face in a match against France, along with calls for an apology, racist comments were also seen in South Korea, as the opposing player was black.

What I want to say is that what you say and do to others will come back to you.

It is human nature to want to say something back when someone says something unpleasant to you.

It is not something to exaggerate about karma, it is a very simple thing.

Japanese people are not as sensitive to such things as Koreans, so friction rarely occurs, but depending on the time and situation, not being sensitive can have a negative effect, and not everything is the same.

Everything has its good and bad sides, its advantages and disadvantages.

That's what makes life difficult, but it's also a great relief.

The claim for damages filed by Akagi's wife, Masako, against Sagawa Nobuhisa was dismissed.

I felt something was off about the newspaper article reporting on Akagi's suicide, and wrote about it in my blog on the day.

The standard phrase used when reporting on a suicide is that it was a suicide at home, and that the family discovered the body and reported it to the police, but the article left out the word "family."

The article said that he had been found dead, and although I don't remember exactly, I think it was a colleague who found him.

I thought Akagi had been living alone in government accommodation, but what was the truth?