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Mr. Zerisenay Debrezion アスマラ大学法学部助手（ナショナルサービス＝1年間の奉仕活動） 2000年、アスマラ大学法学部を主席で卒業.。国際人権法、国内慣習法、海洋法などに関心がある。2001年8月よりアメリカ留学、帰国後アスマラ大学に勤務予定。 |
| Zerisenay氏からの感想（英文） |
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miss you all so much. Hope every thing ' s fine with you down there.
Thanks for your message and kind words. Also I thank for the lecturers'
for their warmth and boundless hospitality. Please extend my appreciation
to everybody I have met in Japan. Indeed I have
had a very productive and enjoyable time in Japan, thanks to you all.
My impression on Japan is very positive, indeed. It is not the beauty
of Tokyo or the high tech stuff that impressed me most, however, although
that was my expectation before I headed to your country. It is actually
the people. The people are very serious and very disciplined and indeed
hard workers. The strong work ethic that I had come to see there will
be a life long lesson for me. I think Japan is probably the only country
in the developed world that has not lost its tradition in the process
of civilization. (I feel this should be a source of pride for the
nation). And that is probably because its economic development was
realized primarily by the sweat and toil of the Japanese people (as
opposed to by foreign influences). When I contrast this with the situation
in Eritrea, I kind of feel hopeless because people down here do not
work very hard and because we are looking for foreign investment to
change our situation we are as well experiencing cultural pollution.
This may be good or bad but I think it is always better to retain
the good features of one's tradition. I think there is a lot Eritrea
can learn from the Japanese experience.So at a personal
level, I have benefited tremendously from my visit to Japan because
I had first hand knowledge of a lot of things and because I will be
sharing my experience with a lot of people down here I think others
will also benefit. Almost every body I am sharing my experience with
now would be astonished and they would ask so many questions although
of course I would not be in a position to answer every question.You should not
regret the fact that the schedule was a bit tight. In fact I liked
it so much - again for the same reason. It allowed me to learn a lot
about the Japanese legal system which would otherwise take me probably
years (e.g. by reading) And it also has provoked interest in me to
learn more about the legal and social institutions in Japan in future
and relate it with our system -I am not sure if you have learnt any
thing from me, though. But, if nothing else, it might have enabled
you to see a little bit of Japan through the eyes of a foreigner with
little exposure to the developed world. Some times there are things
you take for granted in your country, like you said in your last message,
which may be worth seeing from a different angle. But I felt a little
bad that I had to be such a burden to you because you had to be with
me all the time probably sacrificing a lot of things that you had
to do. The only thing I can say is thanks because I can ' t think
of a better way remotely adequate to express how grateful I am.My immediate plan
in connection with the Law School Project is to help organize the
August Conference and I am also making some arrangements for Hisato
Oba in the Ministry of Justice since they will be staying more. The
system is not efficient here though and it is always difficult to
explain things to the guys in charge. But I think the long-term implications
of the Project are very good. I think that we could be kind of bridge
between the two countries (like through the establishment of a friendship
association between Japanese and Eritreans) and the exchange of information
and experiences between us could ultimately foster fraternal relationship
between the peoples of both countries. I feel a little sad that I
will not be working on this project as I will be going to the States
in August but I am convinced that this will not affect the relation
since there will be others taking over (Paulos who was also invited
to Japan will be coming to our Law School in the first week of September)
and I will be coming back in one year -I hope I have not bored you
with such a very long comment LOVE, Zerisenay Debrezion |
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