任意イベント： Brexit体験記（続編）
1月21日、岡本和夫専務理事により、Brexit体験記の続編として「英国駐在で気付いたこと」と題した講演が行われた。 英国のダイバーシティの現状、レベルの高いメディア、意外な便利さなど、日本からでは理解できない状況が実に数々の実例により示された。英国とは民主主義・資本主義といった基本的原理を共有し歴史的・地政学的にも似た背景を持ちながらも、英国が斯くも成熟した大人の社会であると共に侮りがたい力を未だに持ち続けている理由は、欧州や米国との特別の関係、友人の多さ(Commonwealth)、そして何よりもNobbles Obligesの実践と敷衍性にあるという説明は実に説得力のあるものであった。
On January 21st, Mr Kazuo Okamoto, Executive Director of the AJS, held the second special event, focusing on “What I learned from eight years’ tenure in the UK”, which followed the session for the Brexit. Principal topics were on actual degree of the diversity in the UK, very high level of mass media and unexpected level of convenience in daily life etc., all of which were presumably utterly unimaginable from Japan. While both the UK and Japan commonly share the unique characteristics from historical and geographical back grounds on top of the basic principles, such as democracy and capitalism, the UK was explained as a remarkably matured society to the extent that the nation has still sustained the force to be reckoned with. We were really convinced to learn the reasons were firstly special relationships with the US and European countries, secondly abundant number of the friends, i.e. the Commonwealth and the European continent, and thirdly the prevalence of Nobbles Obliges.