発言09　今、安穏としていられない

映画監督　神山征二郎さん

　こうやま・せいじろう　1941年岐阜県生まれ。代表作に、「ハチ公物語」「月光の夏」「ひめゆりの塔」「郡上一揆」「大河の一滴」など。「鶴彬（つるあきら）　こころの軌跡」は東京・ポレポレ東中野で上映中。順次各地で。問い合わせ☎058(263)3334同映画製作委員会

　「北辰斜めにさすところ」「ラストゲーム　最後の早慶戦」「鶴彬　こころの軌跡」と３作続けて、戦争を描いた作品を撮りました。意図的にそうしたわけではないんですが、危機感があって、安穏としていられないんですよ。 [Read More!]

OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR

A Flash of Memory

By ISSEY MIYAKE
Published: July 13, 2009
Tokyo

IN April, President Obama pledged to seek peace and security in a world without nuclear weapons. He called for not simply a reduction, but elimination. His words awakened something buried deeply within me, something about which I have until now been reluctant to discuss. [Read More!]

UN News Center

Myanmar's human rights record matter of 'grave concern,' says Ban

4 July 2009 –Myanmar's future must be rooted in respect for human rights, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, voicing his deep disappointment that the South-East Asian nation's Government refused his request to meet with Nobel laureate and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
Myanmar was one of the first United Nations Member States to adopt the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, but “unfortunately, that commitment has not been matched in deed,” Mr. Ban said in Yangon, at the end of his two-day visit to the country. “Myanmar's human rights record remains a matter of grave concern.” [Read More!]

The Wall Street Journal

Apple Mum On Jobs's Treatment, Diagnosis

By YUKARI IWATANI KANE and JOANN S. LUBLIN

Apple Inc. said Chief Executive Steve Jobs returned to work after a nearly six-month medical leave, but the company provided no update on its leader's health and didn't say if his responsibilities would change. [Read More!]