Do Not Put New Blood into Old Business
If China had closed the door and severed trade relations with outer world as extension of the Cold War to date, Japan should not suffer deflation today.
There are hundreds of large enterprises in Japan that have been functioning well with many employees, like Toyota, Panasonic, and Mitsubishi. So, huge revenues from corporate tax and income tax must support the Government in maintaining its balance sheet in black.
But, global and domestic competition forced Japanese companies, especially those exporting goods, to utilize cheap labor forces in China. From late 1970's Japanese makers started to build many factories in China, employing many Chinese workers while introducing technologies into China.
Accordingly, the price level in Japan got lower, and the salary level of ordinary Japanese workers (except elite employees and experts) was also significantly influenced to a lower level.
As there are hundreds of millions of workers in China who work at half, one third, or 10% of the salary compared with Japanese workers, wages and prices in the Japanese market have to receive a very strong downward pressure, resulting in less tax revenue for the Japanese Government.
This is a big difference from America and Europe that are not directly linked with hundreds of millions of cheap labor forces in China.
But, the Japanese Government has to exercise its budgets, paying out for costs of manpower and products in the closed Japanese society with traditional value systems. Targets of government expenses are not fully at the discounted level due to the Chinese linkage with the Japanese economy.
So, Japanese workers receive less and less wages due to the Chinese linkage; the Government receives less and less tax payments; yet the Government must use taxpayers' money for still a traditional cost level of Japanese manpower, products, and services, leading to huge deficits.
This is other aspect of the truth of deflation in Japan.
But, who wanted China to open the door to the world since late 1970's? Japanese businesses.
(Note: it is not only into China but also into ASEAN that Japan has exhaustively invested in these decades:
http://old.asean.or.jp/general/publish/news90/ASEAN%20Japan%20Centre%20News%2090.pdf)
SECTION I: Christianity and Capitalism
It is important that Christianity was established in the society where money was widely used.
It is more important that the Bible was written in the society where money was widely used.
It is so, since capitalism is impossible without money, the most revolutionary but poisonous invention by mankind.
Christianity was not formed in the society between the fall of the Roam Empire and the Renaissance, the period when the money economy widely shrank.
And, Jesus Christ did not teach His disciples how to be rich. Rather, He apparently regarded money as something dangerous. Accordingly, capitalism was impossible in the world governed by His teaching.
Even, the Vatican and Christian monarchs did not support the idea of capitalism for a very long time in Europe.
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Capitalism as a system developed incrementally from the 16th century in Europe, although capitalist organization existed in the ancient world, and early aspects of merchant capitalism flourished during the Late Middle Ages.[5][6][7] Capitalism became dominant in the Western world following the demise of feudalism.[7] Capitalism gradually spread throughout Europe, and in the 19th and 20th centuries, it provided the main means of industrialization throughout much of the world.[8]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalism
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But, what is capitalism?
http://www.capitalismalovestory.com/
What is the relationship between capitalism and a monotheistic religion or Christianity?
Are interest earnings the seed for capitalism?
Is capitalism a religion?
There are many arguments on these issues.
But, the fact is that most of Christians support capitalism as they sometimes go to church with money in their pockets.
You had better find your own definition on capitalism, since democracy and capitalism look very inefficient to save the world.
(http://newsweekjapan.jp/column/machiyama/2009/09/post-60.php )
SECTION II: Non-Money Economy
(To be continued...)
Joh 10:7 Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.
Joh 10:8 All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
Joh 10:9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.