(The Tokyo Bay as Large as the Dead Sea of Palestine)Untold Truth
According to the Gospels, Jesus Christ never mentioned the Mediterranean and great cities on the sea, such as Rome, Athens, and Alexandria of Egypt.
He did not cite the Dead Sea, either.
Hence, I suppose Jesus Christ must have had at least indirect linkages or some experiences with those locations.
Yet, He guided many poor Israelites who had no chance of enjoying a visit to such places. If He referred to such places proudly in His preaching, those poor Israelites without money for a journey would feel all the more unhappier for themselves. So, a saint never talks about his past travelling or experiences in foreign lands so as not to make the poor envy him.
Nonetheless, I think that Jesus Christ visited the Dead Sea and Qumran as well as Alexandria and Athens, since a Queen Cleopatra's ancestor was a general under Alexander the Great. And it was just 30 years before the birth of Jesus Christ that the Macedonian queen of Egypt died.
SECTION I: 1994 and 2008
Maybe the 14 year period from 1994 to 2008 is comparable with the one from 1930 to 1944, that is, from the beginning of the Great Depression toward the end of the World War II, in terms of a change in the land scape of the world.
Number of Workers (million)
//.................1994.........2008.....Up/Down
USA............123.07........145.36......+18.1%
JAPAN........64.54..........63.85.......-1%
UK..............25.51..........29.44.......+15.4%
Amount of Imports ($ billion)
//.................1994.........2008.....Up/Down
USA............664........2,523......+280%
JAPAN.......281..........790.......+181%
UK.............183..........422.......+131%
Maybe compared with Japan and America, Britain is a kind of ordinary nation.
If a 10% increase in work force should result in a 100% increase in import over 14 years, like in the case of the U.K., Japan should have decreased import by 10% though it increased import by 181%.
If a 10% increase in work force should result in a 100% increase in import over 14 years, like in the case of the U.K., the U,S. should have increased import by 181% though it increased import by 280%.
So, it looks like explaining why Japan is in the decade-plus-long deflation and the U.S. is in a state of excess credit granting to consumers and workers.
One hidden factor is of course China, since Japan and the U.S. imported several times more from China over 14 years between 1994 and 2008.
It is time for Japan to draw up a new scheme to realize a sound balance between G3, namely Japan, the U.S., and China
SECTION II: 7/11 Upper-House Election in Japan
The Japanese media are now presenting their forecasts of the outcome of the July-11 national election of Japan.
The focal point is whether or not non-conservative Prime Minister Mr. Naoto Kan is able to consolidate his power base as a tested hero who leads the quasi-progressive Democratic Party of Japan, as a respectable successor of controversial ex-premier Mr. Yukio Hatoyama, that achieved the historical regime change last summer.
The arch rival of the DPJ is the former ruling party Liberal Democratic Party being led by its president Mr. Sadakazu Tanigaki, an unpretentious lawyer-turned lawmaker.
According to those forecasts, the pro-Chinese DPJ would overwhelm the very pro-American LDP in terms of a number of votes won in the proportional-representation constituencies. However, the DPJ alone would not gain a majority eventually in the Upper House of the National Diet to be filled with total 242 seats.
One forecast dare assert 20 new seats for the ruling DPJ and 10 new seats for the opposition LDP among 48 seats in the proportional-representation constituencies, though the total 121 seats are to be re-elected. (The overall prediction is DPJ 52-40 LDP, according to the magazine Sukan Shincho.)
But, there is an interesting result from my check on the Web pages and sites with the following key words (in Japanese) using the Yahoo search engine.
"DPJ + Kan-Naoto + Upper-House election + July":
594,000 hits
"LDP + Tanigaki-Sadakazu+ Upper-House election + July":
4,030,000 hits
Note that this sort of search check usually returns a result three times in favor of the DPJ and P.M. Mr. Kan against the LDP and Mr. Tanigaki.
Since P.M. Mr. Naoto Kan has recently showed an amateur class of ability relying on a stupid economist and announcing a 5% tax increase plan, voters might more turn to sound candidates with capability in understanding and practices in economy and economics.
For example, former state minister Ms. Kuniko Inoguchi of the LDP, who lost a Lower-House seat in the regime-change election, is now expected to win a seat in a local electoral district, since Former Prime Minister Mr. Junichiro Koizumi has been pushing her strongly, delivering an endorsement speech so much on site.
The result of this election will have an unignorable impact on the Japan's relationships with the U.S. and China as well as an economic policy and a sense of political justice backed by a traditional concept of social value.
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(http://www.harpinanawhinin.com/midis/70s90sMidis/a_summer_place1-Bb200.mid
Source: http://www.harpinanawhinin.com/Tabs/70s90sTabs/a_summer_place.htm
There are many crazy guys in this world. But, surely there is one who can reach his destination. Yet, how strange he must look when he comes back to a place where all the crazy guys have been already eradicated by God...)
Luk 7:2 And a certain centurion's servant, who was dear unto him, was sick, and ready to die.
Luk 7:3 And when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the elders of the Jews, beseeching him that he would come and heal his servant.
Luk 7:4 And when they came to Jesus, they besought him instantly, saying, That he was worthy for whom he should do this:
Luk 7:5 For he loveth our nation, and he hath built us a synagogue.