(Tokyo Subway Map; Not all the Tokyo people are humble, wise, gentle, or courageous...though far better than coward leaders of terror...)BE A HUMBLE WITNESS IF NOT A DIRECT CONTRIBUTOR
Mr. George Shultz was being interviewed as I observed on a cable TV channel around Tokyo yesterday.
He was talking about something of 1968 and some administrative dealing with a big railroad company of the era, since Mr. Shultz was United States Secretary of Labor from 1969 to 1970.
Too big financial companies must be split for corporate breakup so as to avoid such a huge financial catastrophe as observed in 2008, according to my interpretation of his view.
Anyway, the spirit of 1960's might be still alive with Mr. Henry Kissinger and Mr. George Shultz still having something to say, though the former took up the office of Secretary of State in 1970's (1973-1977) and the latter in 1980's (1982-1989), so impressively.
(Secretary General of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan Mr. Ichiro Ozawa was first elected as national lawmaker in 1969, though today he still keeping a Lower House seat looks like an elder brother of P.M. Mr. Yukio Hatoyama...)
SECTION I: JAPANESE VIEWS SURVEYED IN 2009
The Japanese Government made public results of its periodical survey on voters' opinion.
To America:
Have a friendly feeling...78.9%
No friendly feeling...19.1%
Concerning Japan's Relationship with America:
Judge to be in good conditions...81.8%
Not in good conditions...14.4%
To China:
Have a friendly feeling...38.5%
No friendly feeling...58.5%
Concerning Japan's Relationship with China:
Judge to be in good conditions...38.5%
Not in good conditions...55.2%
As for U.N. Security Council Membership:
Japan should be a member...79.2%
Japan should not be...6.8%
(By Public Service Section, Minister's Secretariat of Cabinet Office of Japan [http://www8.cao.go.jp/survey/h21/h21-gaiko/index.html, Tel- 03(3581)0070])
As Japanese people who have a friendly feeling to Australia account for about 50% of all, China should make more efforts to gain friendship from ordinary Japanese citizens.
Americans' voting for Mr. Barack Obama in the 2008 Presidential Election apparently had a good influence on the Japanese view on America, since 76.3% of the Japanese judged the relationship with America to be good two years ago, 5% less than today.
SECTION II: Religion as Reaction in History
In 2006 B.C, Elam, an ancient civilization located in what is now southwest Iran, finally destroyed the last Sumerian kingdom 3rd Dynasty of Ur.
Accordingly, Abraham and his father with other members of their clan left Ur to Palestine, though they looked like a kind of nomadic Sumerians living around the great city Ur.
Since the God was not pleased by Elam and subsequent Amorite hegemony, Abraham's God supported him to flee Mesopotamia and further take shelter in Egypt.
Egypt with power of building Pyramids, however, could not satisfy the God. The God chose Hebrews as He saw that Egyptians could not cope with Greeks and Romans.
The God further helped Hebrews since He saw that Persians could not surpass Greeks and Romans, allowing them to compile the Old Testament.
Nonetheless, the God sent Jesus Christ among Israelites around 1 B.C. or 6 B.C., since He found that Israelites could not even check the Roman Empire.
Though Christianity prevailed in the Roman Empire, the God found that the Vatican was useless to spread His glory to the Arab world and Central Asia. He also found grave flaws in European Christianity, so that he sent an Angel to Arabs with His holy words.
So, Islam protected Arabs, Persians, Turks, and others from invasion by European Christians.
Yet, around 1500 when Europeans started to sail to Africa and Asia, the God judged that the Vatican alone was not enough to prevail His glory in the world, so that He set Christopher Columbus (1451 – 1506) and Martin Luther (1483 – 1546) for two missions: America and Protestantism.
In the late 19th century, the God finally chose Japan to check America and Europe, violently exploiting Africans, Latin Americans, and Asians, while allowing America to defeat Japan in WWII so as to introduce Christian Democracy into Japan.
This is the sequence of incidents spotlighted from a standpoint of religion which was enabled by the God as reaction to destructive force in history.
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2009 XMAS EXTRA:
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Top 10 Car Makers of the World in 2009
Now, the market has data on global car sales in the first half of 2009. Among top 10, Japanese makers have secured 4 seats, while a Korean maker jumped to the 4th position.
1. TOYOTA (Japan)
Japanese car maker Toyota Motor Corporation is the world's largest car manufacturer. It has sold 3,564,105 units in the first half of 2009 compared to 4,815,442 units in the first half of 2008.
2. GENERAL MOTORS (USA)
General Motors could sell 3,552,722 units compared to last year's 4,541,125 units.
3. VOLKSWAGEN (Germany)
It sold 3,100.300 units this year compared to 3,265,200 units of previous years.
4. HYUNDAI-KIA (Korea)
The Korean car maker showed global sales for the first half of 2009 at 2,153,000 units.
5. FORD (USA)
Presently, it is world's fifth largest car maker with 2,145,000 units of global sales.
6. PSA PEUGEOT-CITROEN (France)
The French car company sold 1,586,900 units in 2009.
7. HONDA (Japan)
8. NISSAN (Japan)
9. SUZUKI (Japan)
10. RENAULT (France)
http://www.carazoo.com/article/0409200901/Top-10-Car-Makers-of-the-World-in-2009
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So, four of the Top 10 car makers in the world are now Japanese makers.
Incredibly, five of Top 10 car makers in the world are now Far East enterprises.
Plus, "the Nissan-Renault Alliance is world's fourth largest car maker if their individual units were taken together."
If you are a rich man, I would not be surprised if you have 10 different cars from each of the above car manufacturer. Then, present them to the poor as it is Christmas.
As for me, I once had a Mitsubishi car and Nissan cars.
Pro 12:16 A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.
Pro 12:17 He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.
Pro 12:18 There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.