The differences between adoption in Japan and America: complete thesis

1. Introduction　
It is obvious that Japan and America have many differences. I experienced those differences firsthand when I went to America for my home-stay program. I went to Minnesota in America from July to August. Minnesota is a big state. I stayed there for one month, and I learned about the differences in culture between America and Japan. I was deeply impressed by the attitude towards adoption in America. Do you know the Adoption system? Adoptions bring together un-related families, usually parents and a child. Adoption is not very popular in Japan. However in America, it is very popular. In fact, an American family hosting my friend adopted a Korean child. And, when I asked my host family about adoption, they replied “We know about an adopted child in the neighborhood”. I was a little surprised that adoption is a common thing in America. I felt that America was more passionate about their adoption system. On the other hand, in Japan, when I asked my parents about adoption, they said “We have no opinions on adoption.”  I could clearly see that the adoption systems in Japan and America were extremely different. To find out why, I did some research. This thesis statement cites the differences in adoption between Japan and America.

2. In Japan 　
Firstly, adoption in Japan is not increasing. Before the war, many people in Japan viewed adoption as slavery. Many children were adopted purely for economic purposes. Another reason was to enable succession to the head of the family, or to take over the family business.  Before the war, adoption was more for economic and utilitarian purposes rather than the welfare of the child. Of course, not all adoptions at that time were for these reasons. Those children who were born from unexpected pregnancies were generally given to childless couples during the 1970s.. It was practiced in secret. In 1973, these practices came to light and an obstetrician placed an article about adoption in a newspaper. After this, adoption was reexamined and legal guidelines were built to protect the child.
Also, in Japan blood-relationships are a lot more important than in America. I believe this to be related to Confucianism. Because adoption in Japan is not filtered, when a parent and child are formed, the relationship is seen as artificial. Adoption in Japan has a lot of different meanings to different people. For the reasons stated above, I think that the adoption system in Japan is in a grey area. And the purposes for adopting are various.

3. In US
In the US, it is important that an adoption is in the best interests of the child. In other words, the aim of adoption in America is to give an adoptive parent the opportunity to raise a child, mostly in a more suitable environment. In Japan, many adoptions are admitted. However, America has a very strict adoption process. For example, if you want to adopt a child, you must go to a court in America. It is quite rare for a couple to be accepted in court. America is stricter than Japan about its adoption system. By this, freedom surrounding the adoption system is severe in America. America’s adoption system succeeds to exclude utilitarian purposes, like Japan. The basic importance of America’s adoption system is the children’s welfare. Some reasons for adopting in America were observed, and it seems that a lot of the time, a child is promptly put up for adoption after birth. This is due to religion, as many Americans are Christian. The abortion act is forbidden in Christianity. Therefore, many children who are born from unexpected pregnancies are put up for adoption. And they are cherished by their adoptive parents.
Next, I researched the differences between Christianity and Confucianism. Many Japanese people have Confucian thoughts. Firstly, I introduced American adoptions from a Christian perspective. Christians believe in neighborly love... In Japan, religious rules are not as important. That’s because religion is not rooted in Japan’s history. On the other hand, in Confucian, they hold an importance on blood-relations. It is the most important thing in Confucianism.
Confucianism is a Chinese ethical and philosophical system developed from the teachings of the Chinese philosopher Confucius. It spread to Japan when it was learnt by an Emporer, who thought it scholarly and economical... However, it is rare in Japan to see Confucianism as a religion. Confucian is deeply related to funerals and the view of life and death in Japan. A Buddhist mortuary tablet and a Buddhist memorial services originate from Confucian. Confucian filtered into Asia.
Christianity is a monotheistic and Abrahamic religion based on the life and teaching of Jesus as presented in canonical gospels and New Testament writings. It also considers the Hebrew Bible, which is known as the Old Testament, to be canonical. Adherents of the Christian faith are known as Christians. In America, Christian rules are deeply integrated in the Christian believer. My host family prayed to God every dinner. At first, I was surprised about it.        

4. Conclusion　
The above- mentioned items are the differences between adoption in Japan and America. I got the impression that adoption system is deeply related to religious thoughts. I felt that the different religious rules created different adoption systems. When I searched about the different adoption systems in Japan and America, I became interested in adoption systems around the world.. What I have discovered about adoption, including my trip to Minnesota has given me better insight in different cultures.

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Dear the Algers

2012 is valuable time in my life. I went to Minnesota in this summer. And I spent awesome time with the Algers.
I am glad to spend with them in this summer. Now, I want to meet them again. I miss them.
Thank you for taking care of me, Brian, Joan, Marin and Gracia!
I live you!

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This semester

I will write about this semester. This semester is so busy. Eibei students are the busiest in Kumamoto Gakuen University that I thought.

We were done a lot of assignments in this semester. I always was doing some assignment in the library. We must do some assignment in this semester.

We had to write 15000 words in blogger this semester. And writing class was always having some assignment. My teacher is Mr. B. He always is helped us. If he not in there, I could not doing some assignment.

We had to earn 30000 points in English Central. English Central is grown for us speaking skill. It was so hard for me to earn 30000 points. However, this video is so interesting. I watched a lot of videos in this semester. For example, I watched Obama’s speech. I could not understand. It is so difficult for me to understand everything.

We had to doing 20 typing home works. It is 100 or 150 words we must write. We write about my favorite OOO.

We had to write thesis about The differences between adoption in Japan and America. This thesis had to write 10000 words. It is so hard for me.

We had to a lot of report another class. I am so tired this semester. It is so strict for me. However, Eibei student grown up so powerful that I think.

I would not like to do this assignment again. If I have to do this semester and this assignment again, I will die.

Thank you for reading it.
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Mohican noodle with Morishan

My boyfriend and I went to Mohican noodle in Kurume in January 6th. The day I finished my job, he took me there. I was so glad.

In this car, we were talking about many things. It was so fun time. I love him very much. He always is kind to me. Morishan is twenty two years old. He is four grades in Kumamoto Gakuen University. He will graduate in this spring. I miss him so much. I want not to graduate from this university.

We ate Mohican noodle that night. It was so good. The noodle is the best in I have eaten all noodle ever. I want to eat again and now! If you like noodles, you should go to there. I recommend you this noodle. There are some Mohican boys in there. I was so surprised to see it.

When I finished eating this noodle, we went to dazaifu temple. That’s because we were doing Hatsumoude. Do you know Hatsumoude? It is popularity in Japan. In the night, each shrine was crowded with people paying their first visits of the year. However, the door was closed that time. We were so sad. We decide to visit there again.

Mini trip was so fun time. We will go to a lot of somewhere. It is interesting for me. Thank you for seeing mu blog.

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A coming of age celebration

Hold a coming-of-age celebration

2012 January 14th, I joined a coming of age celebration. In Japan, twenty years old are celebrated by everyone. We usually wear Furisode. Furisode is so expensive. It cost about 10, 0000 ~ 100, 0000 yen. My Furisode is black color. I like it. It is so cool.

I went to a coming of age celebration with my close friend, Aoi. She and I met in a junior high school. We are close friends science junior high school student. I like her very much. She always is kind to me. And she is very cute girl. Recentry, I am so busy for a lot of assignment, so I could not meet her. I want to meet her more and want to talk with her more time. I miss her so much.

The picture is my favorite. She is Miki Okusa. Miki is the most close friend in my friends. We are close friends science high school. We went to toryo high school. Toryo high school is famous for strict school. It was to difficult for everyone to go to there. However, we like the school now.

Miki and I spent with many time ever. I talked about love, future, dream, funny story and so on. She lives in Fukuoka now. I miss her so much. I would like to talk her more time. However, she and I are so busy girl now. I cannot meet now. In fact, I want to go Fukuoka for meeting her. However, a lot of assignments were not forgiven to go there. I want to decrease English assignment.

Eibei student is struggle by a lot of assignment in this semester. I cannot doing my hobby. Next semester, I want not to spend like this semester.

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My favorite circle

I will write about my favorite circles. Do you join someone circles? If you have not join it, you should join it. Circle is like a family. We spend many times.
I have joined the searching of cultural asset community. We goes to somewhere in a year. Recently, we went to Kyoto for searching of cultural asset. I went to Kiyomizu temple. It was so big that I felt. And we went to Yamaguchi and Nagasaki and so on. We will go to Osaka in this spring. I will so exciting. I am looking forward to go there.
I am sub chair woman in the searching of cultural asset community. Shinya kensei is the chair man in the searching of cultural asset community. We are so close friend I think.

Next, I joined the election Administration Committee in Kumamoto Gakuen University. I love the election Administration Committee better than the searching of cultural asset committee. The chair man is Masato Mori. He is my boyfriend. He always is kinds to me and everyone. I like him very much. Yesterday, we went gyukaku together. Gyukaku is Yakiniku. It was so delicious for us. We too ate tonight. Today’s morning I feel so full.
Aya Masumoto is sub Chair woman in the election Administration Committee. I like her very much. She is very cute. She always is drinking Japanese alcohol when we join alcohol party. It is so fun. I want to spend more time with her. I miss her. Yusuke Fujimoto is next chair man in the election Administration Committee. He is called everyone “Mokkun”. He is very small guy and funny boy. Miku Shiraki is next chair woman in the election Administration Committee. She is very beautiful. I am look up her. She is slender lady. I am jealous her. I want to become like her. Ryuki Ono is member of the election Administration Committee. He and I are some age. He always is kind to me. He likes animation very much. When he talk about animation, I feel that he is so happy guy. Shoho koumori is member of the election Administration Committee. She is very very cute. I love her. I want to spend many times with her. We will go to camping in March. I am looking forward to going it. Hirotoshi Hatano is member of the election Administration Committee. He always is kind to me. Today I was given by him a drink. I was so glad! We are so close friends. I want to become family with them.

I like my circle very much. If you interested in my circle, I will talk about my circle. Thank you!

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My favorite drink

I will write about my favorite drinks. We are always something to drink. For example, water, green tea, tea, pop, alcohol and so on. I like drinks very much. I feel that I am drinker than everyone. I like drinking better than eating.
I like milk very much. That’s because, when I drink milk, I feel so good. When I drink hot milk before go to bed, I will soon good sleep.
Next, I like green tea very much. There are a lot of kinds green tea in Japan. I like Ayataka. It is so delicious for me. My friends like it.
Next, I will write about pops. Do you like pops? I like it. When I drink it, I feel so good. And when I went to bath room, I want to drink it. Pop is so good. My host father, Brian loves it. He always drink every night. However he is not get fat. I wonder it.
Pop is a lot of kinds in Japan. Cock Cola, Mitsuya soda pop, ginger ale and so on. I like ginger ale is the best in all pops.
Next, I like alcohol drink very much. It taste is so good. However, we must not too drink it. I often too drink it, I regret.
That’s all is my favorite drinks. Please tell me your favorite drinks. Thank you for seeing.

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