公開日：2021/12/29 /
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Gasoline price
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Recently, gasoline prices have been rising.
The average regular gasoline price is 168.60 yen as of December 1, 2021.
There is a cause for the price hike.
The number of people vaccinated against the new coronavirus has increased, and economic activity has resumed worldwide.
As a result, the demand for crude oil has increased, but the supply of crude oil has been suppressed.
There is also a reason why the supply of crude oil is being suppressed.
OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) and non-OPEC oil-producing countries such as Russia believe that the economic outlook is uncertain.
This is why they decided not to increase oil production in November.
Another major cause was the hurricanes that hit oil-related facilities in the oil-producing United States.
When I was a university student (2000), regular gasoline was between 80 and 85 yen per liter.
Compared to that, the price has gone up by two times.
(Y.O.)
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Christmas present
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The other day, I gave Christmas presents to my children.
In our family, we have never given gifts on Christmas day before.
As a father, I am in the mood to go shopping with my children for gifts.
Every year, in early December, on a morning that is a holiday for the whole family, I suddenly make a suggestion to my children.
You can choose to get your Christmas present today or on Christmas Day!
Every year, the kids say, “I want it today! Yes!” Every year, they say, And I reply Okay,
The children have never received a present from Santa Claus before.
Santa Claus is in Europe, you know. and there’s a Santa Claus Society. ・・・・・・”
While talking about such practical matters, I told them that our Santa Claus is myself.
Christmas morning, When they wake up and there’s a present under their pillow!
Thank you, Santa!
No, no, no, it’s Dad who bought the present!
Thank you, to Dad!
I think I would definitely feel that kind of frustration.
Is it narrow-minded of me to think like this way ?
Anyway, I think the kids are happy enough to get presents, so I’m going to stick with “Dad is our Santa Claus” from now on.
(S-Samurai)
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Chicken meat
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Recently, some convenience stores and family restaurants have been experiencing a shortage of processed chicken products such as fried chicken.
The reason seems to be that the new coronavirus has caused production to stagnate at factories in Thailand, a major producer of processed chicken products.
In addition to this, there has been a series of outbreaks of bird flu, and people are becoming increasingly wary that the situation may become more serious.
Currently, the major chains are trying to overcome the difficulties by adjusting their sales volume.
Demand for chicken will be at its highest in the Christmas season.
As a chicken lover, I hope that the problem will be solved as soon as possible so that we don’t have to fight for chicken.
(S.N.)
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First in the history of Japanese professional baseball
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This year’s Japanese professional baseball tournament, the Japan Series, has been postponed to November.
This is because of the response to the new coronavirus and the Olympics.
The Japan Series pits the winners of the two leagues against each other.
Both teams were in the bottom half of the league the previous year.
This is the first time in the history of Japanese professional baseball that this has happened.
Tokyo Yakult Swallows vs. Orix Buffaloes.
This was the first time in 26 years that these two teams played each other, and there were a number of unusual records.
The first was the aforementioned matchup of the two leagues’ lowest-ranked teams from the previous year.
This has only happened once before in the 1991 World Series in Major League Baseball in the United States.
The managers of the two teams played in the Japan Series 26 years ago in 1995 as players and faced each other directly.
Both teams were unable to use their home stadiums for the game because of other events.
Jingu Stadium, the home of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, was being used for the Meiji Jingu Student Baseball Tournament.
Therefore, the third to fifth games were held at the Tokyo Dome.
The Osaka Dome, home of the Orix Buffaloes, was also used for concerts for the sixth game.
Therefore, the event was held at “Hotto Motto Field Kobe Stadium”.
(T.C.)
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GUCCI
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I am a passionate fan of Lady Gaga.
The movie “House of Gucci” starring her will be released.
I’m really looking forward to it.
The movie is about the assassination of Maurizio Gucci, the third president of GUCCI, who is the grandson of the company’s founder Guccio Gucci, which actually happened in Milan on March 27, 1995.
Ms. Gaga will play the role of Patrizia Reggiani, the wife who plots to assassinate her husband, Maurizio.
Watching the trailer, I found Gaga’s Italian-accented English cute anyway!
The pronunciation of “R” are exquisitely curly, and it sticks in my ears.
I guess to a native speaker, it sounds like a proper accent, but to me, as a Japanese, it sounds kind of lispy and cute.
Ms. Gaga is of Italian descent, but she was born and raised in the United States, so she practiced this accent for six months.
Ms. Patrizia is still alive and living in Italy.
She is still alive and living in Italy. She has not reacted well to the fact that her crime is now being shown to the world in a movie.
As a fan of Gaga, I am happy to see her performance in theaters.
However, I have mixed feelings about the fact that the model of the movie is not happy.
(O.M.)
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One trillion yen
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This time, I will write from the perspective as a logistic expert.
Recently, we often hear about price hikes in the news.
Snack chicken at convenience stores and Kentucky chicken are in short supply, and gasoline prices have gone up.
When I think about the causes…
Less movement of people and goods due to corona
As a result, the number of flights for passengers and goods will decrease.
Cargo that would normally be carried on airplanes will be gathered on container ships.
Container ships also have physical limits, so they cannot carry more than the allowed volume.
Furthermore, ships are not immune to the weather, so if they get caught in bad weather, their arrival will be delayed.
Even if you want to put your goods on a scheduled ship, you cannot do so if there are still containers that could not be unloaded when the ship pulled out of port.
This causes delays in the production lines of manufacturers.
If the supply cannot keep up with the demand, the price will go up.
There was an article the other day that said that the export value of Japanese agricultural and marine products exceeded 1 trillion yen.
Isn’t the recent cost-of-living has effected on this?
「Japan is awesome」I am thinking, On the other hand, as a logistic expert, I can’t honestly rejoice.
Also, there’s a new corona strain out there.I hope that the world will return to a normal environment soon.
(F.S.)