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People protest in front of the Prime Minister s Office on Tuesday against the government s decision to release treated radioactive water from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant into the sea. | KYODO
Jiji Apr 14, 2021
The government’s decision to release into the ocean treated radioactive water from the disaster-hit Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant is expected to be a key issue in the next general election.
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The April 25 elections in Hokkaido, Nagano and Hiroshima prefectures will be the first parliamentary polls since Yoshihide Suga became prime minister in September. | POOL / VIA REUTERS
Jiji Apr 10, 2021
The results of upcoming elections for three seats in the Diet are expected to have a heavy impact on Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and his administration, with both the ruling and opposition blocs aiming to gain momentum ahead of a general election to be held by autumn.
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The term we want to look at here is 他山の石 (
tazan no ishi), which means “object lesson” in context but can be translated literally as “a stone from another mountain.”
Its origins are from a Chinese proverb that goes, よその山から出た粗悪な石も自分の宝石を磨くのに利用できる (
yoso no yama kara deta soakuna ishi mo jibun no hōseki o migaku no ni riyō dekiru, an inferior stone taken from another mountain can still be used to polish one’s jewelry).
Poetry aside, the term is nowadays used more commonly to mean 他人のつまらぬ言行も自分の人格を育てる助けとなる (
tanin no tsumaranu genkō mo jibun no jinkaku o sodateru tasuke to naru, the trivial words and deeds of others can help one develop their own personality), which lines up a little more with the English definition of an object lesson: an example from real life that teaches a lesson or explains something.