Esophageal cancer is not an unusual disease in the recent times of Japan. 

We often hear an strange name of a disease called Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease on TVor at hospitals in Japan, however, it had been a strange illness for some recent years.  By the upsurge of oily Western food consumption in Japan, this strange disease has been on the increase.  This is not a cnacer but a inflamation of the esophagus, which means people are suffering from the decline of digestive power.

Probably this new illness trend symbolically expresses how people need to be afraid of the sudden notice of Esophageal Cancer. 

Actually Esophageal Cancer was found in 2 big music icons of Japan recently.

Seiji Ozawa, the conductor and the director of Wiener Staatsoper, announced his  Esophageal cancer some months ago and now he is already back in harness to work again with orchestra. When his new photo after he was discharged from the hospital appeared in media, we were deeply moved by his attitude to music work through his drustically changed appearance as an old man in the photo. He didn’t lose his artistic passion even after the hard illness struggle.

Some days ago in July, a popular music icon, Keisuke Kuwata, was reported to be sick in the same disease.  He had already taken the surgical operation and now he seems to be OK in the bed at a hospital. He is widely known as the leader of Southern All Stars, whcih has been the top popular music group of Japanese POP music scene.

Both Seiji Ozawa and Keisuke Kuwata probably will be working as enthusiastically as ever.  They are moved by the power of talent inside them, as far as it remainds inside, cancer can’t stop them creating new things.

Looking at them makes us know how human life power strongly continues by the desire of living action.