八丈島 Hachijo island

仕事で八丈島に行ってきました。自然豊かで素敵な人達ばかりで、そして、自立型エネルギーの夢がありました。I have been to Hachijo-jima island on business, where we can enjoy great nature with lovely people and dream of self-reliance in energy ;-)

Hachijo island

読む沙羅 Reading Sarah

沙羅と図書館に行ってきました。Sarah at the Library. 

沖縄 Okinawa

出張で沖縄に行ってきました。次はもっとゆっくりしたいです。（写真はコチラ）
I have just been to Okinawa on business. Hope the next trip is far from business (for more  picture s click here).

はじめの一歩 Sarah's First Step

沙羅の記念すべき第一歩♪　This is the memorial of Sarah's First Step :-)

環境関係の平成25年度税制改正 Environmental Tax Reform 2013

遅くなりましたが、平成25年度税制改正がまとまり、環境関係は以下のとおりほぼ要求通りとなりました（詳しくはコチラ）。
The tax reform plan for FY 2013 has been set and the environmental tax reform is as almost perfectly the same as we requested. The main points are as follows:

【エネルギー課税】　地球温暖化対策税の着実な実施、揮発油税等の税率維持
 [Energy taxation] : Implementation of Carbon tax as originally planned, Keep the tax rates of the other energy taxes like Gasoline tax

【車体課税】　平成26年改正までに一層のグリーン化の観点から見直し、公害健康被害補償の財源に留意
[Vehicle tax] : Review from viewpoint of the further greening by the next year's reform, take note for the revenue having been utilized in compensation to vehicle-related air pollution

【その他】環境投資、省エネ住宅、バイオ燃料、廃棄物処理、自然共生などの税制優遇
[Others] : Tax preferences for environmental investment, energy-saving housing, bio-fuel, waste management, nature harmonization, and so on.

沙羅と鬼 Sarah with Damon

今日は節分の日、沙羅と初の豆まきをしました。As a traditional festival called "Setsubun" in Japan on February 3, Sarah and I enjoyed (?) the Mamemaki (throwing beans at damon) together at the first time.

 

また、天気も良かったので、沙羅と一緒にサイクリングにも出かけました。And we cycled together as it was warm and sunny.