Tokyo Bay with O-Daiba Center and The Tokyo Tree Tower Now 1200 Feet High, Miles Away
Under What Mask
Yukichi Fukuzawa, a great educator and author and also an ex-samurai, wrote more than a century ago that he despised bureaucrats, though after the fall of the last samurai regime in 1868 many people advised him to take a higher position he deserved in the Westernized Meiji Government.
If the government is regarded as precious and noble, those who work in the government are regarded naturally as precious and noble. If one thinks of himself being precious and noble, he starts to swagger. This attitude is just a bluff. The chain of order in public office is maintained with this bluff. Even the top bureaucrat is obliged to practice this bluff. That is why Yukichi Fukuzawa never wished to be in the service of the Imperial Government in Tokyo.
The point at issue is that all the national lawmakers today pretend to be humble before a TV camera or a video camera in Japan, but some of them look like swashbucklers under their masks a type of which Meiji hero Fukuzawa despised.
SECTION I: Tokyo State of Foreign Exchange and Stock Market
http://economist.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/2010/08/post-e184.html
During the term of the Hatoyama Cabinet between September 2009 to June 2010, the exchange rate of the yen against the dollar gradually went up. But, the Nikkei Stock Average fell down rapidly.
Under the Kan Cabinet that started in June 2010, the exchange rate of the yen against the dollar rapidly went up. But, the Nikkei Stock Average fell down gradually.
It is a kind of asymmetry.
Former P.M. Mr. Yukio Hatoyama is highly appraised overseas but not so domestically, while incumbent P.M. Mr. Naoto Kan is highly appraised domestically but not so abroad.
Anyway, according to a Japanese economist, the export momentum of Japan is now clearly going down. He thinks it will be testing time for the ruling DPJ in terms of its ability to guide the Japanese economy.
In my feeling, under the possible Ozawa Cabinet, both the yen-dollar exchange rate and the Tokyo Stock Exchange index will suffer more disadvantageous situations for Japanese voters, consumers, taxpayers, and citizens. However, though Mr. Ichiro Ozawa announced this morning his entry into the DPJ election to choose a new head, no significant fluctuation has been observed in the Tokyo market.
SECTION II: Ichiro Ozawa, Challenger to P.M. Naoto Kan
Mr. Ozawa decided this morning to challenge P.M. Mr. Kan in the coming party convention scheduled on September 14.
Though Mr. Ozawa has 40-years-long career as national politician of Japan, he only once took up a position of a state minister, specifically, 25 years ago.
His recent relationship with China is unusually intimate. But, once he was opposed to a China's stance against Japan in terms of security.
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(Nuclear Control Institute, April 2002)
A Japanese Nuke: No Longer Unthinkable
China's military push has at least one Tokyo leader speaking openly of entering an arms race, perhaps even developing nuclear capability
Something surreal happened over the weekend on the southern Japanese island of Kyushu. During an Apr. 6 speech, a leading Japanese opposition leader warned Beijing -- publicly -- that if it keeps up its over-the-top defense buildup, Japan would have no choice but to launch a nuclear-weapons program of its own. And then came this in-your-face kicker: Japan "will never be beaten in terms of military power."
This didn't come from some fringe right-winger. The words were spoken by former Liberal Democratic Party heavyweight Ichiro Ozawa, who now runs the tiny opposition Liberal Party, which is big on promoting economic reform and stronger national security.
...His 1994 political manifesto, Blueprint For A New Japan, called for a more proactive foreign policy that would enable Japan to break out of its post-war passivity. This was bold stuff at the time. Even the CIA thought it worthy of translation before the English version was published. And foreign-policy bigwigs such as former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger sang its praises.
...But it's refreshing to hear a Japanese leader speak in very stark terms about the country's national-security interests. Coming from a small opposition party, Ozawa probably will never be Prime Minister. But give him this much: He's publicly airing a very sensitive subject.
The reality is that Japan lives in an increasingly dangerous neighborhood, and confronting that reality is far healthier than ignoring it.
http://www.nci.org/02NCI/04/japan-articles.htm
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Eight years after the release of the above article, veteran Lower-House member Mr. Ozawa is now determined to finally seek the office of premiership of Japan, running for the DPJ party election to choose the next sole candidate for the prime minister. The only rival seems to be the incumbent Prime Minister Mr. Naoto Kan (who is also the incumbent head of the DPJ).
Eight years after the release of the above article, Mr. Ozawa looks extremely friendly to leaders in Beijing, since he visited it last year leading 140 or so national lawmakers of the DPJ.
Eight years after the release of the above article, three secretaries of Mr. Ozawa were arrested and prosecuted for illegal political fund reporting. Mr. Ozawa himself faces a possibility of indictment.
Eight years after the release of the above article, Mr. Ozawa might regain support from CIA and some influential American politicians, since liberal politician Mr. Naoto Kan has formed his Cabinet with some socialistic ministers. America and China might come to think that Mr. Ozawa has more merit for them than Mr. Kan.
Yet,
some Japanese supporters for Mr. Ozawa are now accusing P.M. Mr. Kan of his concessional stance to America, since most of critics, journalists, and politicians who support and praise Mr. Ozawa are pro-Chinese, anti-American, anti-Wall Street, anti-LDP (the conservative opposition party), and anti-Former P.M. Mr. Junichiro Koizumi (of the LDP). So, most of them misunderstand Mr. Ozawa. But, if Mr. Ozawa suggests them that it is time to follow America but not only China, most of them will probably follow Mr. Ozawa stopping blaming American capitalism and militarism, since there is no other way for them to take but follow Mr. Ozawa.
To make sure,
those who want continuation of the Kan Cabinet account for 60% of Japanese voters; those who do not want realization of the Ozawa Cabinet account for 80% of Japanese voters, though Former P.M. Mr. Yukio Hatoyama declared this morning that he would fully support Mr. Ozawa, since it was Mr. Hatoyama who invited Mr. Ozawa to join the DPJ around 2003.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-08-25/ozawa-says-he-will-challenge-kan-in-president-party-election-next-month.html
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There is one unsolved question in the human history: Why and how did the Indus Valley Civilization collapse in B.C. 1500?
It might be due to floods.
If the scale of the floods Pakistanis today are suffering had occurred many times in a few years around B.C. 1500, people would surely leave the Indus Valley.
As for Japan, a big high-pressure area on the Pacific Ocean has advanced to the north and near the Japanese islands this year. It covers the most part of Japan. So, this summer is so hot as any old man could not recall a similar summer in the past.
But why is the big high-pressure area situated on Japan? It is because a wide high-temperature sea water area has concentrated near the Philippine islands and the New Guinea Island. And, in succession, it is because a wide cold-temperature seawater area has concentrated off Peru (La Nina).
In summary,
a hypothesis is possible that cooling power in the Antarctic area gets stronger, leading to the emergence of a big cold sea area off Peru (La Nina) and then the emergence of a huge hot sea area near the Philippine islands and the New Guinea Island, and finally the big high-pressure area being situated on Japan.
Indeed, this year can be very exceptional, since Japan is going to have the third prime minister of the year, if P.M. Mr. Naoto Kan should lose the coming election to chose the new head of the ruling party DPJ.
(F.Y.I. In 1993, Japan had three prime ministers: Mr. Morihiro Hosokawa, Mr. Tsutomu Hata, and Mr. Tomiichi Murayama, after a tricky regime change in 1992.)
Joh 8:25 Then said they unto him, Who art thou? And Jesus saith unto them, Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning.
Joh 8:26 I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him.
Joh 8:27 They understood not that he spake to them of the Father.
Under What Mask
Yukichi Fukuzawa, a great educator and author and also an ex-samurai, wrote more than a century ago that he despised bureaucrats, though after the fall of the last samurai regime in 1868 many people advised him to take a higher position he deserved in the Westernized Meiji Government.
If the government is regarded as precious and noble, those who work in the government are regarded naturally as precious and noble. If one thinks of himself being precious and noble, he starts to swagger. This attitude is just a bluff. The chain of order in public office is maintained with this bluff. Even the top bureaucrat is obliged to practice this bluff. That is why Yukichi Fukuzawa never wished to be in the service of the Imperial Government in Tokyo.
The point at issue is that all the national lawmakers today pretend to be humble before a TV camera or a video camera in Japan, but some of them look like swashbucklers under their masks a type of which Meiji hero Fukuzawa despised.
SECTION I: Tokyo State of Foreign Exchange and Stock Market
http://economist.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/2010/08/post-e184.html
During the term of the Hatoyama Cabinet between September 2009 to June 2010, the exchange rate of the yen against the dollar gradually went up. But, the Nikkei Stock Average fell down rapidly.
Under the Kan Cabinet that started in June 2010, the exchange rate of the yen against the dollar rapidly went up. But, the Nikkei Stock Average fell down gradually.
It is a kind of asymmetry.
Former P.M. Mr. Yukio Hatoyama is highly appraised overseas but not so domestically, while incumbent P.M. Mr. Naoto Kan is highly appraised domestically but not so abroad.
Anyway, according to a Japanese economist, the export momentum of Japan is now clearly going down. He thinks it will be testing time for the ruling DPJ in terms of its ability to guide the Japanese economy.
In my feeling, under the possible Ozawa Cabinet, both the yen-dollar exchange rate and the Tokyo Stock Exchange index will suffer more disadvantageous situations for Japanese voters, consumers, taxpayers, and citizens. However, though Mr. Ichiro Ozawa announced this morning his entry into the DPJ election to choose a new head, no significant fluctuation has been observed in the Tokyo market.
SECTION II: Ichiro Ozawa, Challenger to P.M. Naoto Kan
Mr. Ozawa decided this morning to challenge P.M. Mr. Kan in the coming party convention scheduled on September 14.
Though Mr. Ozawa has 40-years-long career as national politician of Japan, he only once took up a position of a state minister, specifically, 25 years ago.
His recent relationship with China is unusually intimate. But, once he was opposed to a China's stance against Japan in terms of security.
------------------
(Nuclear Control Institute, April 2002)
A Japanese Nuke: No Longer Unthinkable
China's military push has at least one Tokyo leader speaking openly of entering an arms race, perhaps even developing nuclear capability
Something surreal happened over the weekend on the southern Japanese island of Kyushu. During an Apr. 6 speech, a leading Japanese opposition leader warned Beijing -- publicly -- that if it keeps up its over-the-top defense buildup, Japan would have no choice but to launch a nuclear-weapons program of its own. And then came this in-your-face kicker: Japan "will never be beaten in terms of military power."
This didn't come from some fringe right-winger. The words were spoken by former Liberal Democratic Party heavyweight Ichiro Ozawa, who now runs the tiny opposition Liberal Party, which is big on promoting economic reform and stronger national security.
...His 1994 political manifesto, Blueprint For A New Japan, called for a more proactive foreign policy that would enable Japan to break out of its post-war passivity. This was bold stuff at the time. Even the CIA thought it worthy of translation before the English version was published. And foreign-policy bigwigs such as former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger sang its praises.
...But it's refreshing to hear a Japanese leader speak in very stark terms about the country's national-security interests. Coming from a small opposition party, Ozawa probably will never be Prime Minister. But give him this much: He's publicly airing a very sensitive subject.
The reality is that Japan lives in an increasingly dangerous neighborhood, and confronting that reality is far healthier than ignoring it.
http://www.nci.org/02NCI/04/japan-articles.htm
------------------
Eight years after the release of the above article, veteran Lower-House member Mr. Ozawa is now determined to finally seek the office of premiership of Japan, running for the DPJ party election to choose the next sole candidate for the prime minister. The only rival seems to be the incumbent Prime Minister Mr. Naoto Kan (who is also the incumbent head of the DPJ).
Eight years after the release of the above article, Mr. Ozawa looks extremely friendly to leaders in Beijing, since he visited it last year leading 140 or so national lawmakers of the DPJ.
Eight years after the release of the above article, three secretaries of Mr. Ozawa were arrested and prosecuted for illegal political fund reporting. Mr. Ozawa himself faces a possibility of indictment.
Eight years after the release of the above article, Mr. Ozawa might regain support from CIA and some influential American politicians, since liberal politician Mr. Naoto Kan has formed his Cabinet with some socialistic ministers. America and China might come to think that Mr. Ozawa has more merit for them than Mr. Kan.
Yet, some Japanese supporters for Mr. Ozawa are now accusing P.M. Mr. Kan of his concessional stance to America, since most of critics, journalists, and politicians who support and praise Mr. Ozawa are pro-Chinese, anti-American, anti-Wall Street, anti-LDP (the conservative opposition party), and anti-Former P.M. Mr. Junichiro Koizumi (of the LDP). So, most of them misunderstand Mr. Ozawa. But, if Mr. Ozawa suggests them that it is time to follow America but not only China, most of them will probably follow Mr. Ozawa stopping blaming American capitalism and militarism, since there is no other way for them to take but follow Mr. Ozawa.
To make sure, those who want continuation of the Kan Cabinet account for 60% of Japanese voters; those who do not want realization of the Ozawa Cabinet account for 80% of Japanese voters, though Former P.M. Mr. Yukio Hatoyama declared this morning that he would fully support Mr. Ozawa, since it was Mr. Hatoyama who invited Mr. Ozawa to join the DPJ around 2003.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-08-25/ozawa-says-he-will-challenge-kan-in-president-party-election-next-month.html
*** *** *** ***
There is one unsolved question in the human history: Why and how did the Indus Valley Civilization collapse in B.C. 1500?
It might be due to floods.
If the scale of the floods Pakistanis today are suffering had occurred many times in a few years around B.C. 1500, people would surely leave the Indus Valley.
As for Japan, a big high-pressure area on the Pacific Ocean has advanced to the north and near the Japanese islands this year. It covers the most part of Japan. So, this summer is so hot as any old man could not recall a similar summer in the past.
But why is the big high-pressure area situated on Japan? It is because a wide high-temperature sea water area has concentrated near the Philippine islands and the New Guinea Island. And, in succession, it is because a wide cold-temperature seawater area has concentrated off Peru (La Nina).
In summary, a hypothesis is possible that cooling power in the Antarctic area gets stronger, leading to the emergence of a big cold sea area off Peru (La Nina) and then the emergence of a huge hot sea area near the Philippine islands and the New Guinea Island, and finally the big high-pressure area being situated on Japan.
Indeed, this year can be very exceptional, since Japan is going to have the third prime minister of the year, if P.M. Mr. Naoto Kan should lose the coming election to chose the new head of the ruling party DPJ.
(F.Y.I. In 1993, Japan had three prime ministers: Mr. Morihiro Hosokawa, Mr. Tsutomu Hata, and Mr. Tomiichi Murayama, after a tricky regime change in 1992.)
Joh 8:25 Then said they unto him, Who art thou? And Jesus saith unto them, Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning.
Joh 8:26 I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him.
Joh 8:27 They understood not that he spake to them of the Father.