(The Tokyo Tree Tower to Replace the Tokyo Tower in a year or two...)Walking Dreams
Italy has gone. France was gone. Greece had been gone.
Germany is clinging on to its survival with so many red and yellow cards.
England has no auras, though Americans are lucky, as is usual, even in South Africa.
Yet, so disappointing are Africans. Are they going to be gone with former colonialists from Europe?
Anyway, great are Latin Americans and Japanese/Koreans.
So, I would say, "Look at the Iberian player. The ball followed him into the goal!"
Indeed, there is a sense of Arabs or Muslims to Iberians, even today.
By the way, Paraguay is on the opposite side to Japan around the globe, with almost the same land size, though with a far smaller population.
Japan vs. Paraguay is scheduled on the next Tuesday (in case that you have somebody in Japan to contact at the night of June 29th).
SECTION I: What Countries Respect Japan
Country:....Ratio of Japan Respecting People
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The Philippine:...77%
Indonesia:...71
Brazil:...70
Kenya:...68
Chile:...67
Thailand:...66
Nigeria:...66
USA:...65
Korea:...64
Australia:...59
Canada:...59
Russia:...58
UK:...57
Egypt:...54
Central America:...54
Ghana:...53
Germany:...50
France:...48
Italy:...47
Portugal:...43
Spain:...42
Azerbaijan:...41
Turkey:...34
India:...33
Mexico:...31
China:...29
Pakistan:...25
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The above data shows that 77% of Filipinos respect Japan or give higher credit to Japan.
Though North Korea is out of question, the Chinese Government is still teaching its people to hate Japan, while other neighboring countries, the U.S., South Korea, and Russia have many citizens who respect Japan as a percentage of a whole population.
(http://www2.ttcn.ne.jp/honkawa/index.html)
So, I can predict that the 21st century or the coming era is a century for Asia Pacific nations, South American nations, and maybe Africa.
I am afraid to say that the E.U., the Middle East, ans South Asia must wait for another era.
Indeed, you can trust those who respect Japan more than those who deny Japan in various fields, such as religion, culture, politics, economy, business, and sports.
SECTION II: Japan 3-1 Denmark
When the 2002 World Cup Soccer Matches were held in Japan and South Korea, I bought some lighters.
They are on my desk these days.
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The Japanese media and most of TV channels have repeatedly referred to and showed the three goals the Samurai Blue made in the match with Denmark.
However, it was a Brazilian manager that led Japanese players in the 2006 World Cup in Germany.
It was a French manager that led Japanese players in the 2002 World Cup in Japan/South Korea.
Yet, it was the very Japanese Takeshi Okada that led Japanese players in the 1998 World Cup in France just like he is doing in South Africa now.
And, very interestingly, Japan could not win the final in the Asian stage of the 1994 World Cup matches, since Iraq made a miracle heading goal during added time. Iraq went to America for the 1994 World Cup matches.
No one in Iraq must have been able to dream that he would be able to enjoy freedom and democracy 10 years and more later.
Anyway, history is truly there even in its detail.
(http://www.just-oldies.com/1965/dont_let_me_be_misunderstood.htm
Paraguayans might like such a feeling if well far from Mexico...)
Luk 6:23 Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.
Luk 6:24 But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.
Luk 6:25 Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.
Luk 6:26 Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.