One reason given for this in Japan is the similarity between the word "tai", and the word for "joyous", "auspicious" or "deserving celebration" - o-medetai.
When politicians do it, "it's mainly about mimicking what sumo wrestlers are seen to do after they win a tournament".
The People's Daily ran a 55-page photo spread of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un after he was declared The Onion's Sexiest Man Alive for 2012.
Park Jae-sang, better known by his stage name PSY, was born on December 31, 1977 to an affluent family in Gangnam District, Seoul, South Korea. His father, Park Won-Ho, is the executive chairman of DI Corporation, a manufacturer of semiconductors listed on the Korea Exchange.
China has never colonised any overseas territories. Overseas empires were a European speciality, with Japan getting in on the act for a short while too.
China's relationship with them(*1) was based not on colonialism but what we now know as the tributary system. It neither ruled them nor occupied them. Rather, in return for access to the Chinese market and various forms of protection, the rulers of tribute states were required to give gifts - literally tribute - to the Emperor as a symbolic acknowledgement of China's superiority.
The seven great voyages of Zheng He between 1405 and 1433 around the East and South China Seas and across the Indian Ocean as far as East Africa left no permanent mark - they were about demonstrating the glory of the Middle Kingdom rather than a desire to conquer. Those who left China to settle in South East Asia were seen as leaving civilisation and deserving of no support or protection by the Emperor.国土が大きかったことから、他国を侵略する動機もわかず、中国は外部世界への関心が乏しい大国になった。
Compare that with the way in which Britain and France celebrated the heroes of their colonial expansion. Our cities are littered with statues and street names in their memory.
Rather than look outwards, China's leaders look inwards. The exception was China's own continental land mass. Its expansion, rather than to the four corners of the world, was confined to its own continent.※：朝貢貿易という国家間関係は欧米の感覚では理解が難しいと思うが、的確な説明をしていると思う。
Mr Shah(※) told the BBC: "Yes we are planning to change the name. There has been too much political pressure from the government."店の名前は Shah氏の共同経営者、 Chandani氏の祖父のニックネームに由来するという。だが、Chandani氏はその名前が600万人の犠牲者を生んだ独裁者から来ているものとは知らなかった、と言う。
※Mr Shah：店の経営者（Mr Chandani と共同経営）
Mr Chandani says the shop's name was a tribute to his grandfather who was nicknamed Hitler because he was "very strict".前回も書いたのだが、いささか怪しい言い訳に思える。BBC記事でも以下の指摘があった。
Others saw the name as a marketing gimmick in a country where the former German leader attracts unusual interest in some sections of society.
"I don't think they have named the store out of malice, I think it's just ignorance and insensitivity on their part," (Orna Sagiv：イスラエルの駐インド総領事)
「悪意があって店にこういう名前をつけたのではなく、単に無知で無神経だったのだと考えている」無知で無神経(ignorance and insensitivity)なのかもしれないが、その割に、ロゴのヒトラーのｉの字に鍵十字が描かれている。
The store has Hitler written in large letters over the front and a Nazi swastika symbol makes up the dot on the letter "i".下記の言い訳は疑わしいが、勃興するインド経済の威力ゆえか、イスラエルも妙に物わかりがよい。
Its owner says he did not know who Adolf Hitler was and the store is named after a business partner's grandfather who was called Hitler for being strict.
店主がいうには、アドルフ・ヒトラーのことは知らなかったが、知人(business partner)の祖父が厳しい人で、ヒトラーと呼ばれていたことから店の名前にしたとのことだ。費用を負担してもらえるなら、店名を変えるのにやぶさかではない、という店主のコメント。
Mr Shah said he would change the store's name if he was compensated for re-branding costs.ここまでくると、インド商人対ユダヤ商人という気がしないでもない。
He said he had spent 150,000 rupees (about $2,700; £1,700) on the logo, hoarding and business cards.
"We want to learn from Japan and Sweden," said Yuan Shaw-jing, EPA director general of environmental santitation and toxic substance maintenance.変なところで日本が引き合いに出されていますが、掃除の手間を減らすために、私も家では座っています。
"In Japan, we heard 30% of the men sit," he added.
"If it is a mistake by the local firm, they will pay and if the woman herself is responsible than she will have to bear the cost." (Sultan Hasan：パキスタン航空広報担当）
Many laws still exist under which journalists can be punished for writing material which angers or offends the government, she(*) says.
Wai Phyo, editor of the Weekly Eleven journal, told Reuters the move was "a big improvement on the past", but that editors would now be under increasing pressure to ensure their publications remained legal.
(*)Tin Htar Shwe(BBCビルマ語放送責任者）
On Saturday the leader of one of Japan's most popular boy bands passes a key milestone - SMAP's Masahiro Nakai is turning 40.
8月18日、日本で人気の男性グループ・ＳＭＡＰのリーダーが、重要な節目を越えた。そう、ＳＭＡＰの中居正広は４０歳になったのだ。
"He would have lost his home if we hadn't helped him. His father was already dead and he was living with his mother before she died. When I heard his story I told myself that I could not have chosen a better job."
－－[A] female police officer that perhaps she ought to give up her charity work as it was not endearing her to the authorities. The officer begged her not to, saying that her own mother had died the previous year, and her charity had helped bury her.
日本の主流マスコミは「ミャンマー」と表記するのですが、独裁政権が勝手に決めた名前を嫌って、欧米メディアでは「ビルマ」(Burma)と表記するのが通例です。（BBCも例外ではありません）
かつてスーチーさんの本を読んで感動した私も、同じ理由で「ビルマ」の表記をとります。
"As long as you work hard and get things done, you can steal a little. But this should not translate into robbery," Mr Yadav was shown on news channels as telling officials at a meeting.「横領はいかん。いや、一生懸命働いてちゃんと結果を出しているのなら、ちょっとくらいのことは、目をつぶろう。だが、やりすぎてはいかん」 というくらいのニュアンスなんでしょうね。
Amnesty accused South Korea of "failing to understand sarcasm".
"Imprisoning anyone for peaceful expression of their opinions violates international law, but in this case the charges against Park Jeonggeun are simply ludicrous and should be dropped immediately," said Sam Zarifi, Amnesty's Asia-Pacific director.
アムネスティは韓国当局が「皮肉がわかっていないない」と批判する。
「平和的な方法で意見を表明したことを理由に投獄するのは国際法違反だが、今回のパク・ジョングンに対する容疑は全く馬鹿げており、すぐに取り下げるべきだ」(Sam Zarifi：アムネスティ アジア・パシフィック ディレクター)
Most experts will tell you that Tokyo is the world's largest metropolis, with a population of about 36 million people.3600万人！
But the core of the city has only eight million people living in it.
Many of the 30 million people who are said to live in the city of Chongqing are actually agricultural workers living in a rural setting, he says.人口3000万、といってみたところでオーストラリア程の面積に住んでいる人の合計を言うのだそうな。
In fact, he(*) says, the area is so huge it's about the size of Austria.
*：ワシントン大学教授のKam Wing Chan氏
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