Truth of the World
Mr. Takeshi Kitano is now a notable world-class Japanese artist.
He also makes frequent TV appearances. But he recently confessed that he had some connection with gangsters. His revealing truth came after one popular comedian terminated his career due to his close relationship with gangsters. It has been a big shock for ordinary people to see that the dark side of the society has penetrated deep among popular entertainers of Japan.
Like in any society, there are some ordinary citizens in Japan who use gangsters to settle their personal troubles without resorting to law and justice. Especially, Osaka, Kobe, and some other west-Japan cities are well known as areas contaminated by evil of organized crimes at an alarming level. And, many comedians expand their stage of activities from Osaka to Tokyo, though Mr. Takeshi Kitano was born in Tokyo. Indeed, organized crime is a big social issue in Japan, since many illegal Chinese and Korean residents in Japan are involved there.
Though the number of Japanese organized gangsters is less than 100,000, the number of the Chinese Mafia operating globally is said to be about two million.
SECTION I: IMF Sponsors
There are many Americans who do not know that Japan has been the second largest fund provider for IMF in these decades.
SECTION II: Net Foreign Assets
According to the World Bank, "Net foreign assets are the sum of foreign assets held by monetary authorities and deposit money banks, less their foreign liabilities. Data are in current local currency."
Almost no American/European journalists know that Japan is the largest owner of foreign assets in the world.
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Almost no American/European journalists know that the U.S. is the largest owner of foreign debts:
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Japan is so different from the U.S. and E.U. in terms of handling of national finance and foreign assets. Though Japan's state debts reach 200% of its GDP, 95% of creditors to the Japanese Government are Japanese people. But, for the U.S., the ratio is just 50 to 60%. The global financial problem lies in that EU nations and the U.S. have less foreign assets but big debts unlike Japan.
SECTION III: Reputation in the World
The Western Media has admired in these years India, South Korea, China, Saudi Arabia, and Russia to lose confidence among global citizens.
They should have respected Japan more than India, South Korea, China, Saudi Arabia, and Russia or the U.S.
2011 Global Reputation Ranking
Rank Country Score
1 Canada 74.8
2 Sweden 74.7
3 Australia 74.3
4 Switzerland 74.2
5 NewZealand 73.1
6 Norway 73.1
7 Denmark71.9
8 Finland 70.5
9 Austria 69.4
10 Netherlands 68.7
11 Germany 68.3
12 Japan 67.2
13 Belgium 65.6
14 Italy 64.6
15 UK 64.2
16 Spain 63.7
17 Ireland 63.6
18 France 62.1
19 Portugal 58.1
20 Singapore 58.0
21 Greece 55.8
22 Brazil 54.6
23 USA 52.9
...
25 Taiwan 51.3
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27 India 50.3
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30 Thailand
...
34 South Korea
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41 Israel
...
43 China
44 Saudi Arabia
45 Russia
...
48 Pakistan
49 Iran
http://www.sunherald.com/2011/09/27/3464199_p2/canada-is-the-country-with-the.html#ixzz1ZaiUwsM7
Even according to Western measure, Japan can keep its high status.
But, if Japanese measure applies, no European small companies can be ranked high, since they enjoy higher status of living by sacrificing Africans, Muslims, and South Asians or otherwise Latin Americans.
But, if Japanese measure applies, no European small companies can be ranked high, since they enjoy higher status of living by sacrificing Africans, Muslims, and South Asians or otherwise Latin Americans.
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The number of victims or deaths in the 3/11 Great Earthquake/Tsunami of Japan is finally estimated to be around 20,000.
Most of the victims are old men. Children in school were mostly saved due to prior training and preparation, since most of the affected areas have suffered big tsunamis before.
Among victims, there were some citizens who tried to help old men evacuate, taking time, and thus could not run away from a rushing tsunami. According to some psychologist, a man sometimes behave like a hero. He does not think about anything but how to help others. Such a person is absorbed in his action to help others, missing imminent danger.
In one case, a driver running in a town where electricity was lost due to the big earthquake heard a car radio informing that a 10-meter high tsunami is coming to the area. He drove to an evacuation center, or a community center, where hundreds of people already gathered as the earthquake was so big and some tsunami was expected. But, he knew that a 10-meter high tsunami could cover buildings there, so that he drove his car in the middle of the people and shouted, "A 10-meter high tsunami. Run away! Listen to a car radio!" But, people did not take him seriously: a strange man shouting something 10-meter high.
Of course, there were little who shouted so in New York on September 11, 2001 and September 15, 2008.
(One month after the great tsunami in an affected town:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSr_AtG48tw)
The number of victims or deaths in the 3/11 Great Earthquake/Tsunami of Japan is finally estimated to be around 20,000.
Most of the victims are old men. Children in school were mostly saved due to prior training and preparation, since most of the affected areas have suffered big tsunamis before.
Among victims, there were some citizens who tried to help old men evacuate, taking time, and thus could not run away from a rushing tsunami. According to some psychologist, a man sometimes behave like a hero. He does not think about anything but how to help others. Such a person is absorbed in his action to help others, missing imminent danger.
In one case, a driver running in a town where electricity was lost due to the big earthquake heard a car radio informing that a 10-meter high tsunami is coming to the area. He drove to an evacuation center, or a community center, where hundreds of people already gathered as the earthquake was so big and some tsunami was expected. But, he knew that a 10-meter high tsunami could cover buildings there, so that he drove his car in the middle of the people and shouted, "A 10-meter high tsunami. Run away! Listen to a car radio!" But, people did not take him seriously: a strange man shouting something 10-meter high.
Of course, there were little who shouted so in New York on September 11, 2001 and September 15, 2008.
(One month after the great tsunami in an affected town:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSr_AtG48tw)