Japan, which is a called a major country of natural disasters saigai taikoku to yobareru Nihon
typhoons come around the end of August hachigatsumatsu goro kara taifū ga yatte kimasu
the effects of a typhoon taifū no eikyō
Chiba Prefecture suffered great damage Chiba ken ga ōkina higai o ukemashita
when a typhoon is severe taifū ga hidoi baai
schools will be closed gakkō wa kyūkō ni narimasu
companies will not be on holiday kaisha wa yasumi ni narimasen
no matter how bad the heavy rain or storm or how difficult commuting is don’nani hidoi ōame ya bōfū de tsūkin ga muzukashikute mo
(they) commute desperately using various means iron’na shudan o tsukatte hisshi ni tsūkin shimasu
(they) even try not to be late if possible dekireba chikoku o shinai yō ni mo shimasu
seen from overseas kaigai kara mireba
it ’s a very strange sight totemo okashina kōkei desu
It seems they try to get to their company, even at the expense of their own life jibun no inochi o gisei ni shite made kaisha ni mukau yō ni miemasu
many Japanese do not make a distinction between work and private life nihonjin wa shigoto to shiseikatsu no kubetsu ga dekite inai hito ga ōku imasu
to put it in nice terms, Japanese people may be ‘serious’ or ‘keep appointment times’ yoku iu to nihonjin wa ‘majime’, jikan o ‘mamoru’ no kamo shiremasen ga
I think we should get rid of this idea of prioritizing work above all nanimokamo shigoto yūsen to iu kangaekata o tomerubeki da to omoimasu