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Pre-schooler Princess Aiko habitually commits a social faux pas many Japanese consider unthinkable -- she doesn't bow in greeting, notes Sunday Mainichi (10/21).
Princess Aiko delighted many when she turned up to watch the sumo at the Ryogoku Kokugikan last month, especially after she burst into a beaming grin when her favorite grappler won.
"I'm sure the angelic smile on Princess Aiko's face warmed the hearts not only of those at the Kokugikan, but also those watching on TV," a sumo beat reporter tells the Sunday Mainichi.
But not everybody was happy with the 5-year-old princess's display in her second visit to watch the national sport, especially those who report on the cloistered world of the Imperial Family.
One reporter on the royal beat complains about the young princess's reaction when Japan Sumo Association boss Kitanoumi went out to greet Princess Aiko and her parents, Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako as they arrived to watch the sumo.
"Princess Aiko looked a little embarrassed and wriggled around nervously for a while. And she didn't bow," the Imperial Family beat reporter tells Sunday Mainichi. "She'll soon be an elementary school pupil and some people are of the opinion that she should be able to greet people properly."
Experts scoff at the opinion. Mafumi Usui, a psychology professor at Niigata Seiryo University, says there's nothing to worry about.
"Judging from what I've seen on TV coverage of her trips and the like, Princess Aiko quite often seems a little nervous at first. But then she cheers up fairly quickly," the behavior experts says. "Princess Aiko appears to be like any other normal 5-year-old. I'd just say she takes a little time to get used to new things. It's nothing more than that."
Education experts aren't so easily convinced.
"Am I the only person who thinks (Princess Aiko) is a little spoiled?" a source in the education world tells Sunday Mainichi. "This isn't the first time she has failed to bow. When she visited Nasu (in Tochigi Prefecture) over the summer, she didn't give a proper bow when the prefectural governor greeted her, either."
And the education source continues: "And during a ceremony in November last year, once all the preparations were over, Crown Princess Masako bent down and whispered something in Princess Aiko's ear, but the young princess clearly disagreed and shook her head to indicate that. I think perhaps the Crown Prince and Princess may be a little lax in the discipline and manner department."
There may be some credence to the claims. When Crown Prince Naruhito was his daughter's age, he bowed with the best of them. So did his siblings, Prince Akishino and Sayako Kuroda, the former Princess Nori.
But shrink Usui is having none of that argument.
"Times change and the Imperial Family makes adjustments to what's going on, too," he tells Sunday Mainichi. "I think that just because the Imperial Family did something some way in the past doesn't mean that Princess Aiko must do that now, too." (By Ryann Connell)
359 名前:可愛い奥様 メェル:sage 投稿日:2008/07/10(木) 11:50:02 ID:q5hAk5Pj0 waiwai: Princess Aiko doesn't bow. Wow. (October 12, 2007) 元ネタ:「来春は小学生 愛子様が「お辞儀をしない」のナゼ?」サンデー毎日2007/10/21号 P133 擁護側が実名なのに対して、批判側が匿名なのは元記事のままです。 「日本人には考えられないような不作法」とか「皇族の閉鎖的な世界」にあたる表現や ニュアンスは元記事にはないと思います。
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