There are data which show that the average life expectancy of Japanese women is more than eighty. Therefore, the world has paid attention to Japanese women’s daily lives and characteristics. This study reveals what type of person Yuko, who came from Japan eight months ago, is. The one fact that has already been known about Yuko before this study is that a typical Yuko consists of a large amount of Japanese food, several pounds of Lindt chocolates, and Haagen-Dazs ice cream (Otaki, 2017). The purpose of this study is to understand the ecology of Yuko and detect the main cause of the high average life expectancy of Japanese women from her data.
First, Kawaguchi (2018) explained Yuko’s characteristics because she is Yuko’s mother and the person who knows the most about her. According to her study, the characteristics of Yuko are referred as a little shy with new people. Yuko takes a while to get used to talking with them. Once she get used to new people she will start talking more and treasure the friends. As Kawaguchi (2018) indicated, Yuko has been good at emphasizing and thought about other people’s feeling as her name, which means “kind girl”. Ji (2018) stated that the main reason for her emphasizing is that Yuko is an only child. Therefore, her parents worried about relationships between others and her, and they always taught her the importance of walking in other’s shoes. According to Otaki (2018), Yuko appreciates what her parents have done for her.
Moreover, there are some studies about her hobbies. Ji (2018) found that Yuko has a lot of hobbies, such as eating, cooking, watching musicals, and traveling. In fact, some studies have consistently reported that Yuko is excited when she travels to many new places in the U.S. She spends much time on traveling because she has to go back to Japan soon next March. Ji (2018) got the reason about this and noted that Yuko came here because of her husband’s job. However, from a survey by Kawaguchi (2018), it is observed that Yuko has no desire in cold. She tends not to have motivation to do anything and cannot even get out of bed.
Kawaguchi (2018) provided Yuko’s mother’s favorite memory of Yuko in her childhood. It was the first time when Yuko’s mother could hear Yuko’s first words. Yuko’s mother opened the curtain in the morning as usual. At that time, Yuko, who was baby, woke up and greeted. The first words spoken by Yuko was “Good morning”.
There are some studies about Yuko after she grew up. For example, Ji (2018) notes that Yuko has a master degree in Japan. Her major is biochemistry because she is interested in ecology. In fact, as Kawaguchi (2018) describes, Yuko’s university life was considered as enjoyable. She spent a lot of time with her friends more than her family. Moreover, she became free-spirited. For example, she got her hair streaked hot pink. They didn’t understand about her thinking.
Ji (2018) updates how Yuko’s life is. This study showed that Yuko’s life at State College for one year is too short for her. Otaki (2018) shows that Yuko has been studying English in IECP since May in 2018. She has studied academic writing in IECP in order to improve her English used for her job. Her proudest achieve this semester has been using various grammar. Before this semester, her writing was boring because she used same patterns such as places of transitions. Now, however, she knows how to make writing more attractive. The biggest challenge for Yuko this semester was not to write the sentence considered as weird by native speakers. Even if it is grammatically correct, sometimes it does not work. Therefore, to distinguish the difference was hard for her. If Yuko could have advised to herself before this semester, she would have told her not to worry about her writing and that her teacher, Jackie, would teach her. If Yuko could have done it, she would have made writings funnier with relaxed feelings.
Overall, Yuko is a little shy with new people but she came to the U.S, which she had never been to, and she has studied academic English. It is sometimes hard to her to study it. However, the traveling, which is one of her many hobbies, is the motivation that encourage her study. Moreover, her good memories with her family and friends support her in the new place. According to this ecology of Yuko, this study detected that the main cause of the high average life expectancy of Japanese women may be their keeping on challenging and enjoying their lives like Yuko. Three points, which are to set a goal, work towards achieving that goal, and enjoy the progress, can make their lives meaningful. Yuko mentioned that she will never stop her challenging.
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