"Therefore did my heart rejoice"

Tokyo Dome, Tokyo

Shinjuku, Tokyo




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Act 2:25 For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:
Act 2:26 Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:
Act 2:27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

"And the Pharisees said unto him" - Old Glory

Tokyo

Old Glory

China was once the richest region in the world when Europe was at the brink of fall before Muslims and Mongolians.

India was once the richest region in the world when Europe was not fully governed by the Roman Empire.

And, the Arabic world was once the most highly cultivated region when Europe was being reorganized under the Vatican.  

But without help from Japan, China could not revive in 1990s and 2000s.

So, then who would help India and the Islamic world?  The US or China if not the EU?

http://www.geocities.jp/the_rome_world/0b.html


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Mar 2:23 And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn.
Mar 2:24 And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?
Mar 2:25 And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him?
Mar 2:26 How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him?
Mar 2:27 And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:

"written in the law of the LORD" - 12 Persons

Tokyo Prefecture Government Office Bldg.

Shinjuku, Tokyo

12 Persons

Christ Jesus called and led 12 disciples.

It means that He could find 12 pious persons.

But if you look around, you would know that it is very difficult to find 12 pious persons on the street.

Or can you name 12 persons who can be recognized as pious by everybody in the world?

Anyway, if there had not been 12 persons who would rather believe in Christ Jesus, there would not have been the religion Christianity.

And, if you met Christ Jesus today or tomorrow, would you rather follow Him?

Indeed it was called to capture people in the Gospel.  While Christ Jesus was God, He had to go and capture souls but not ordered people to follow Him as He is their Lord.

"Come and follow me" can be said by any old frauds, but it was also the word Christ Jesus used.

Truly He acted like a man in Palestine 2000 years ago to start a religion for mankind.   And He led 12 men like a leader of a religious band.  This image must be the Gospel itself.  



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Luk 2:21 And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
Luk 2:22 And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord;
Luk 2:23 (As it is written in the law of the LORD, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;)
Luk 2:24 And to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.
Luk 2:25 And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him.
Luk 2:26 And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ.

"being warned of God in a dream" - Sheep and Wolves

 Tokyo Haneda Airport

Tokyo Shinkansen Train

Sheep and Wolves

Too many people die every day in the world in a tragic manner.

But every living man concentrates on his desire without minding the dead.

It is simple.  You cannot change fates of others as with yours.  So, you have to just see off those unhappy guys being killed in terror, accidents, crimes, and so on.  Be wise and try to get money.

But it is against teaching of the God.

Christ Jesus said to save others like you try to save yourself.

So,  every living man must concentrate on unhappiness of others without adhering to his own happiness.

However, Christ Jesus also said that you are a sheep while other are wolves.  So, a sheep must try to save wolves.  This is impossible.  You may think so.  If a happy sheep tries to help unhappy wolves, it will be surely killed.  But by doing so, you may turn an unhappy wolf to a happy sheep.  Then Angels in Heaven should be glad.

And finally the God will send Army of Heaven to this world or the spiritual sphere connected to this world to wipe out all the wolves remaining as they are to the hell, whether these wolves are happy or unhappy.

All the sheep will be rewarded in Heaven.   Eventually your faith will be paid off.  And you might not be a sheep anymore in Heaven.



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Prime Minister of Japan Abe has flown to Washington.

Big snow falling in Japan with one town in Aomori Prefecture accumulating 550 cm snow, a record in Japan.

Three death-row prisoners were executed in Japan, though still some 150 condemned prisoners remain.




Mat 2:19 But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,
Mat 2:20 Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child's life.
Mat 2:21 And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.
Mat 2:22 But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee:
Mat 2:23 And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.

"But he spake of the temple of his body" - Great Events

Mt. Fuji Observed from Tokyo Area

Great Events

On September 10, 2001, the US was just at its summit as the sole super-power on the earth.

But, on September 11, 2001, it was thrown into a spate of fear as the World Trade Center collapsed with part of the Pentagon

On March 10, 2011. Japan was still at its summit as the most significant economic power in the world.

But, on March 11, 2011, it was thrown into a spate of fear as an M9.0 earthquake occurred in the Pacific Ocean just 350 km north east of Tokyo and 15-meter high tsunamis attacked the north east part of Honsyu Island to smash the four reactor units of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

Meanwhile Pope John Paul II died in 2005.  And finally Pope Benedict XVI decided to step down in 2013.

This is truly a series of events foretelling the fate of mankind in this century, since the new era has apparently began in 2001 or 2000 years after the birth of Christ Jesus who was born 2000 years after the birth of Abraham.


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Joh 2:19 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
Joh 2:20 Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?
Joh 2:21 But he spake of the temple of his body.
Joh 2:22 When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.

"then shall they fast in those days" - Resign

Mt. Fuji, Japan

Resign

To live well and succeed in life is not what is supposed a man to do by the God.

Though it is very common and ordinary that people grow up to have better living in any society, but it is not what the God wants a man to do.

According to Christ Jesus, a man is required to follow the teaching of the God and love his neighbors as he loves himself.  Therefore he must allow his neighbors to live well and succedd in their lives.

Then, of course, there will be no wars and poverty.  If all the men had lived this way, there would not have been even Islam.

So, now as all the med have not followed this teaching of the God, what will happen?

One thing sure is that Christ Jesus now coming back to this world must not be pleased at all.  He might want all the ranked and ranking people to resign like the Pope as soon as possible to start a really new era.


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Somebody seems to have a need to see me in person as I feel so.





Mar 2:19 And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.
Mar 2:20 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.

"and they shall prophesy" - No More Popes?

Metor & Mt. Fuji Today 100 Km Far

No More Popes?

The Pope is to resign.

It is very extraordinary.  It must be reviewed spiritually more carefully.

It may be a sign of the end of the glory of Europe.

Indeed while G20 member countries have sent ministers in the Moscow conference, a 17-meter long meteor hit the ground in Russia, not so far away from Moscow in the global scale.

The world has really started to change, but you must remember that a half year before the death of the preceding Pope a big earthquake occurred in the Indian ocean off  Sumatra Island to trigger very big tsunamis which took on hundreds of thousands of lives at the Christmas time of 2004.

The sign in the sky; the wonder on the ground; and the time is shifting really.




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Act 2:17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
Act 2:18 And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:

"Of every tree of the garden " - Series or Parallel

Mt. Fuji Observed from Tokyo Area Today

Series or Parallel

If you have three able men, how would you handle them?

Suppose that each man has reliability in work of 100 operations at a ratio of 99%.  It means each of them might make a mistake once in 100 operations at a probability of 1%.

You order them to accomplish a task needing 300 operations of any sort.   But you tell each one to work for jut 100 operations.  The first one does his job for 100 operations and then pass it to the next one.  The second one does his job for next 100 operations to pass it to the last man.

In this case, a probability of occurrence of an error is 1 - (0.99 x 0.99 x 0.99) =  0.0297.  A possibility that this task jointly tackled cannot be perfectly accomplished is 2.97%.

Now there is another group of three men whose reliability of 300 operations is 90%, 85%, and 80%, respectively.  It means even the best of them might make a mistake once in 300 operations at a probability of 10%.

But, if you make them do the same task you ordered to the first group, they can do better.

You make these three mediocre men tackle the task in parallel for 300 operations for each.  Each man does the whole task of 300 operations alone separately but simultaneously.  

Then a probability that you cannot get a perfectly accomplished task at all from any of these three men is 0.1 x 0.15 x 0.2 = 0.003, namely 0.3%.

So, if you want one perfectly accomplished task with three men in charge, you should not have three excellent men divide the task and each of them take one third.  If they work in series, relaying the task, the task will fail in a probability at about 3%.

But if you have three mediocre man get engaged each in the whole task independently or in parallel, all the tasks will fail in a probability only at about 0.3%.

In other word, we need two or more men who can work for long hours at mediocre reliability than the same number of guys who can work only for short hours even if at excellent reliability.

To make sure, of course, the former case comprises 300 operations in total, but the latter involves 900 operations in total, which is called redundancy.


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Gen 2:15 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
Gen 2:16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
Gen 2:17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

"Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly"

Tokyo Subway






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Rev 2:15 So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitanes, which thing I hate.
Rev 2:16 Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
Rev 2:17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.

"poured out the changers' money"

Tokyo, Japan

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Joh 2:13 And the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
Joh 2:14 And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting:
Joh 2:15 And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables;

"where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is" - Pope and Malachy

Tokyo Imperial Palace Plaza (an old samurai-era castle)

Pope and Malachy

The Pope finally announced that he would step down in a month:

From Citizen Wells April 7, 2012.From The Raiders News Network April 5, 2012.

The internet and Bible prophecy community have been buzzing due to an ancient prophecy attributed to Saint Malachy which predicted some 112 popes culminating in the destruction of Rome, Benedict being next to last. Adding fuel to the fire are assertions from a soon to be released book titled after the predicted last pope concerning a cryptic cipher published by a Belgian Jesuit back in 1951. 

Bestselling author, Thomas Horn (Apollyon Rising, Forbidden Gates), has teamed up with a Christian apologist and author Cris Putnam (Pandemonium’s Engine) in the soon to be released book, Petrus Romanus, which explores the intricacies of the Malachy prophecy and the potential role of the pope in biblical prophecy. According to the blog promoting the soon to be released book, the deceased Jesuit priest and codebreaker, René Thibaut, decoded 2012 explicitly as the year for the final conclave. According to calculations at Putnam’s website the date coincides with the recent rumors. 

While some Catholic scholars are divided on the Prophecy of the Popes, John Lupia Ph.D. at Roman Catholic News has deemed it genuine. Loyal Catholics are likely incredulous due to Rome’s predicted doom during the next pontificate. This foretold apocalyptic demise has Protestants like Hal Lindsey and Jack Van Impe speculating that the “rapture” of the church — a time when true believers will be caught away into the heavens and saved from great tribulation — will occur very soon. For believers in the rapture, this seems all the more exhilarating amidst the numerous 2012 predictions.

http://citizenwells.wordpress.com/2013/02/11/pope-benedict-retiring-february-11-2013-pope-resigning-february-28-advanced-years-and-infirmity-saint-malachy-prophecy-predicts-last-pope-petrus-romanus/

The False Prophet And The Antichrist Are Here 

(Petrus Romanus) Peter the Roman could be the next pope to reign, don’t you think? The people’s drawn up list of contenders to replace Benedict as follows, Cardinal Peter Turkson as favourite of Ghana with Cardinal Marc Ouellet next  and Francis Arinze. The last pope might be involved with the Antichrist, I’m not saying St. Malachy’s prophecy is absolute truth, although it seems to be shaping up that way but the signs that this age is near an END doesn’t lie with Saint Malachy’s prophecies but lay with what scriptures have told us from the beginning to the End. 

What I am doing is making you aware of this intriguing prophecy, so you can keep watch! 

A full list of contenders to replace Benedict 

Peter Turkson
Marc Oullet
Francis Arinze.
Cardinal Angelo Scola
Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga
Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone
Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco
Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio
Cardinal Leonardo Sandri
Cardinal Claudio Hummes
Cardinal Wilfred Fox Napier
Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi
Archbishop Raymond Burke
Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera
Archbishop Gianfranco Ravasi
 Cardinal Timothy Dolan
Cardinal Camillo Ruini
Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn
Cardinal Ivan Dias
Cardinal Francisco Javier Errazuriz Ossa
Cardinal William Levada
Cardinal George Pell
Monsignor Pietro Parolin

http://allthechildrenoflight.wordpress.com/2013/02/11/petrus-romanus-the-final-last-pope-is-here-antichrist-rising-2013/


Though it might look very irrelevant:

Is This Real
- Indian song -

Let us see, is this real,
Let us see, is this real,

This life I am living?
You, Gods, who dwell everywhere,

Let us see, is this real,
This life I am living?

by American Indians


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Rev 2:11 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.
Rev 2:12 And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges;
Rev 2:13 I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth.

"in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome" - Terror, Nothing Personal?

Tokyo Imperial Palace Plaza Park (old Edo Castle of Tokugawa Shogun or Tycoon)

Terror, Nothing Personal?

Why didn't Osama bin Laden target the US President, namely Mr. W. Bush, on September 11, 2001?

He sent two hijacked commercial jet planes to Washington DC to destroy the Pentagon and the White House, probably.  Then Osama and his aids must have checked where President Bush would be on the day.

But immediately before September 11, namely on September 9, Ahmed Shah Massoud, one of anti-Taliban leaders, was killed by Al Qaeda/Taliban in northern Afghanistan. These two incidents were linked. So, as soon as they took on enemy commander Massoudt, Osama and his followers wanted the terror to be carried out in Washington and New York. It is not clear how these two operations were linked, but on their side these two seem to have been psychologically linked. And, in one terror action, they took a specific man, Massoud,, but in another action, they didn't try to attack any special individuals, including Mr. W. Bush.

So, the World Trade Center in New York was more important than President Bush for Osama and his entourage.  But Osama said in a video tape that he had thought that only floors above the one hit by a hijacked plane would collapse to the ground,  Osama did not expect that scale of the total disaster in the southern part of New York City.

Yet, Osama and Al Qaeda leaders wanted to attack the World Trade Center no matter if they could destroy and crash only the upper part of the Towers down to the ground.
 
Nonetheless, in May 2011, US President Obama specifically ordered to attack Osama hiding in a town of Pakistan, which was successfully executed.

As Osama did not focus on President W. Bush, his act of terror expanded world wide, leading to tragedies in London, Lisbon, Bali, etc.  But as Obama focused on only Osama, no fear spread widely in the Islamic world.




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Act 2:7 And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?
Act 2:8 And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?
Act 2:9 Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,
Act 2:10 Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,
Act 2:11 Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.
Act 2:12 And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this?
Act 2:13 Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.

"the water that was made wine"

Flying Toward Tokyo?





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Joh 2:7 Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim.
Joh 2:8 And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast. And they bare it.
Joh 2:9 When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew;) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom,
Joh 2:10 And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now.

" what time the star appeared" - Stop Lock-On

Japan

Stop Lock-On

Once or more than 150 years ago and before, successive Chinese emperors and their subjects though that China was the most advanced and cultivated empire in the world.

They thought that savages lived in the north of their empire, other savages lived in the west, different savages lived in the south, and some savages lived in the east.

But they were defeated by the British Empire in 1842 while English merchants were selling opium to Chinese and receiving silver in exchange to make UK's account balance which would have been otherwise in a state of the red due to a huge trade deficits with India.      

Now China has gained some economic power and built up some modern military forces, trying to venture into pretending to be an old empire before the Opium War.

It is very unique and traditional, but not sane at all in the 21st century.

China must stop having its naval ships and military planes lock on Japanese vessels and helicopters patrolling the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, since the islands belong to Japan from the era in the late 19th century when the Empire of Japan defeated the Ching Dynasty in the first Japanese-Chinese War.  


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Mat 2:3 When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
Mat 2:4 And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.
Mat 2:5 And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet,
Mat 2:6 And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.
Mat 2:7 Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared.
Mat 2:8 And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.
Mat 2:9 When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.
Mat 2:10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.

"watered the whole face of the ground" - Japanese Female Judo Players

A City around Tokyo

Japanese Female Judo Players

The All Japan Judo Federation now faces accusation of having treated female judo players badly.

It was exposed to the Media as 15 of those women wrote a letter to the Japan Olympic Committee asking for help as their appeal to the Federation had been almost neglected.

Those top judo players alleged that the head coach of the Japanese female national judo team kicked, punched, and slapped them often.  So, they wanted dismissal of him.

Now the head coach was fired and some other leaders of the Judo Federation also resigned from their posts among rising concerns in the society.

As Tokyo plans to host the 2020 Olympic Games, this incident is taken gravely by the Tokyo Government Office and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan.

I think it is not good for people to live on Judo.  They have to also work as ordinary citizens in some decent work places, for example, in office, plants, or shops of businesses or administrative institutions.   Judo is not a means to earn salary and get social status.

There should not be professional judo players and coaches like wrestling and boxing.  They must be also, for example, workers in ordinary workplaces.




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Gen 2:4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,
Gen 2:5 And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.
Gen 2:6 But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.

"they uncovered the roof where he was" - New PM Shinzo Abe

Tokyo Station & Shinkansen Train

New PM Shinzo Abe

New Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe is turning to be a focus not only in Japan but also in the world.

He was elected as prime minister in 2006 but fell into an illness and resigned in the middle of accusation in 2007.  At the time he was in his early 50s.

Mr. Abe was elected again as president of the conservative LDP last September to win the general election held three months later, in December, to take over power from the labor-union based DPJ and become the 96th prime minister of Japan, though he was once the 90th.  Such a comeback case is rare in Japan especially in competition for the premiership.

Mr. Abe was from one of politically very notable families in Japan.  His grandfather was also prime minister of Japan; Nobusuke Kishi  assumed prime minister office from 1957 to 1960, though this ex-elite bureaucrat of the Empire of Japan had been a state minister of the Cabinet led by prime minister/army general Hideki Tojyo who ordered the Pearl Harbor Attack.  Kishi was even arrested as one of war criminals by the US forces after WWII.

When he was the 90th prime minister of Japan in 2006, LDP politician Mr. Shinzo Abe was labeled as the worst type of Japanese nationalists who had ever assumed the premiership of Japan.  The New York Times and other Western Media which were especially compassionate with China  expressed their discomfort against Mr. Shinzo Abe.  Those Media claimed that Mr. Abe neglected responsibility of the Empire of Japan for tragedies in Asia and the Pacific region during WWII.

Mr. Abe and the LDP intend to revise the Japanese Constitution which imposes strict or too idealistic peace-loving administrative stances and practices on the Japanese Government.  As this Constitution was based on a draft worked out by Americans appointed by General MacArthur who led the Allied occupation forces stationed in Japan after WWII, the conservative or nationalistic camp in Japan want to abolish it and establish a new constitution to be drafted 100% by Japanese.    

However, what Japanese voters want PM Abe to do is not such a political reform concerning nationalism or traditionalism.  It is economy.

People understand that the socialistic DPJ having been in charge of the government failed in economy while they had power between September 2009 and December 2012.  Now as the Abe Cabinet clearly holds up their goals, at least for the time being, of combating with deflation continuing since 1990s.  Japanese see Mr. Abe as a leader putting more emphasis on the economy than on nationalism.

Japanese businesses and exporters, including Toyota, which have suffered the too-high yen in these years welcome PM Abe, while Mr. Abe has strongly requested cooperation of the Bank of Japan, which has quickly resulted in a trend reversed in the exchange market and high stock prices in the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

So, if China and North Korea should not challenge Japan with their military capacity, there would be no problems in East Asia, though China is still stupidly pretending to be trying to illegally invade the Senkaku Islands of Japan in the East China Sea.




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Mar 2:4 And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay.
Mar 2:5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.
Mar 2:6 But there was certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,
Mar 2:7 Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?
Mar 2:8 And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts?
Mar 2:9 Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?
Mar 2:10 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,)
Mar 2:11 I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house.

"when Cyrenius was governor of Syria" - Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria

Kasumigaseki, Tokyo

 Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria

Iraq has been a historic place, since Abraham was born there 4000 years ago.

Afghanistan has been a historic place, since Alexander the Great reached it 2300 years ago.

Syria has been a historic place, since the Roman Empire occupied it when Christ Jesus emerged in Judea 2000 years ago.

Now all these places are under violent conditions.  Or since the beginning of the 21st century, they have faced wars, terror, and bloody violence.

Even north Africa the Roman Empire colonized roughly 2000 years ago is now suffering acts of terror and dangerous turmoil.

And, one thing remarkable is that the US has been significantly involved in the situations of these regions.  Or rather, the US triggered this great degree of commotions in those Islamic states.

The relationship between the Islamic world and the largest Christian country, the US, must be a key to understanding this era, in any way.  



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Luk 2:1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed.
Luk 2:2 (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
Luk 2:3 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
Luk 2:4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:)

"again he entered into Capernaum"

Prime Minister's Office, Tokyo






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Mar 2:1 And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house.
Mar 2:2 And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door: and he preached the word unto them.
Mar 2:3 And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four.

"Fear not, Mary" - Language Test or Qualification Test

Tokyo Railroad Station, Japan

Language Test or Qualification Test

The Japanese Government made a test easier for Asians who want to be qualified in Japan for nursing jobs.

Formerly those Asians, mostly Indonesians officially invited by the Japanese authority, had to take an examination just as Japanese nursing students do.   Question sheets were all written in Japanese with full of difficult Kanji expressions of medical terms.  Though most of those Asian test-takers could read Kana expressions after a few-year studying in Japan, Kanji letters are extremely difficult.  Even ordinary Japanese could not read correctly those special Kanji expressions and understand their medical meanings.

Nurses certificated in Indonesia, for example, are allowed to work in hospitals in Japan for a few years without official Japanese licenses of legitimate nurses.  But they are requested to pass the national examination for nursing license during their allowed stay in Japan.  Learning of the Japanese language is a heavy burden for them.  So, only a small percentage of Asian nurses could pass it.  (They looked like geniuses.)  But others who failed twice or so in the examination had to go back to their mother countries.  (The qualification test is conducted once a year.)

But, the Japanese authority has decided to add a Kana expression to every Kanji expression used in question paper.  As Kana characters are a kind of alphabet, many Asians are expected to pass the qualification test somewhat easily.

Anyway this language issue is the toughest barrier against foreigners and foreign businesses who want to expand their scope of activities into Japan.

Indeed, everybody learns English in Japan for more than three years in schools after WWII, more than 99% of Japanese or more than 100 million Japanese have no chances to speak English with foreigners in their daily life at all.  



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Luk 1:29 And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be.
Luk 1:30 And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.
Luk 1:31 And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.

"John seeth Jesus coming unto him"

Mt. Fuji in January, 2013

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Joh 1:28 These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.
Joh 1:29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
Joh 1:30 This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.