f*cking Chinese down there!… The f*cking ch*nks live there.

This inspiring portrait of one woman’s determination to survive in a society that is in the grip of a social and moral crisis tells one story in a fast-changing worldDazai’s great masterpiece No Longer Human is the story of Yozo Oba.

As an adult he turns to alcohol.which lead to his eventual self-destruction.finds it impossible to form meaningful relationships with family or friends.

As a child he copes by acting the fool — mocking himself while entertaining others.Juliet Winters Carpenter is an award-winning American translator of modern Japanese fiction who studied Japanese literature at the University of Michigan and the Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies in Tokyo.

making this an enduring international classic.

“Dazai’s brand of egoistic pessimism dovetails organically with the emo chic of this cultural moment and with the inner lives of teenagers of all eras.was performed by Tamagusuku Ryu Kansen Atae no Kai.

The kaimaku (opening classical music) consisted of Kajadefu Bushi.Mitsuo Nishiuchi and Masao Tobaru.

joined on stage by people born in the Year of the Dragon.Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi installs the new officers.