Yokohama on the Bay of Tokyo
Yokohama Port since the Start of Modernization of Japan
Un Bleu Lundi
A Committee for the Inquest of Prosecution, comprising 11 citizens, in Tokyo has today decided that very influential Lower-House member Mr. Ichiro Ozawa should be indicted.
Accordingly, Mr. Ichiro Ozawa, one of leading members of the ruling DPJ, will be duly taken to the law at a Tokyo district court.
His status will be of a defendant, though he tried to become prime minister of Japan last month challenging Prime Minister Mr. Naoto Kan to fail.
As he is a 40-years-long lawmaker in Japan since 1969, Mr. Ichiro Ozawa has many connections in China, South Korea, the U.K., and the U.S. Parties concerned abroad must be aware of his state.
In addition, if a National Diet member is prosecuted in Japan, he or she is expected to resign as a parliament member. However, as it is not public prosecutors that have decided this indictment against Mr. Ichiro Ozawa, it is still unknown if Mr. Ozawa will resign or rather leave the ruling DPJ with scores of his followers.
This is the biggest news in Japan on this blue Monday.
Note that Mr. Ichiro Ozawa is to be judged on suspicion of illegal reporting of political funds for which three of his secretaries have been already prosecuted by public prosecutors and on trial.
Some people really wonder why Mr. Ichiro Ozawa allegedly keeps 400 or 800 million yen in his home and why many general contractors have donated so much money especially to Mr. Ozawa.
(Others, mainly TV commentators and journalists, say that Mr. Ichiro Ozawa is innocent until proven guilty; he will be surely judged not guilty since public prosecutors could not sue him; therefore he is virtually not guilty now; he is different from other defendants in other cases. So, everybody must think he is innocent; so they are claiming as though. They might be making a big mistake, since 11 ordinary citizens fairly chosen or more than eight among them have decided to bring the indictment to Mr. Ichiro Ozawa.)
SECTION I: Not American Workers but Chinese Money, Mr. President??
Indeed, Former Secretary Mr. Summers, Secretary Mr. Geithner, and President Mr. Barack Obama don’t have to face the electorate in November.
If a jobless rate in America continues to be around 10%, they will continue to follow China persuading them that Chinese leaders with huge money continue to be their personal friends and the Chinese Communist Party will continue to support the U.S. Government being in a grave financial state.
So, Former Secretary Mr. Summers, Secretary Mr. Geithner, and President Mr. Barack Obama feel relieved. An expected loss in the midterm election is not so grave as a possible financial collapse of America. If the jobless rate remains around 10%, they will not be blamed fatally by the upper-middle class and the upper class of America. But, if the Federal financial state should be deteriorated so that a tax increase targeting the rich is demanded and executed, they will be cursed so fatally by the upper-middle class and the upper class. They will be driven out of the high society and prestigious clubs eventually.
Put simply, Former Secretary Mr. Summers, Secretary Mr. Geithner, and President Mr. Barack Obama neglect jobless Americans and befriend the rich Chinese Communist Party in order to keep financial situations of the U.S. Federal Government bolstered by influx of huge dollars from China.
It can be understood, since 24 million people newly enter the labor market in cities of China every year. In 2013, there will be 926 million workers in China. Many of 6 million students who graduate from colleges in China every year are having difficult time to find reasonable jobs. American workers cannot compete with this Chinese labor force. It must be a conclusion of studies by Former Secretary Mr. Summers, Secretary Mr. Geithner, and President Mr. Barack Obama.
(http://www.gaikokujin-saiyo.com/cat9/2400.html)
So, an expected loss in the 2010 Midterm Election is not so grave as a possible financial collapse of America. As long as the U.S. Government is financially supported by huge dollars from the Chinese Communist Government, it is not a threat to the rich and the super-rich in America. Accordingly, China continues in turn to earn huge dollars through export to America, neglecting the unemployed in America who are also neglected by the American Government. China has become a must or a crucial pump in circulation of dollars out of and into the U.S.
Now, it is time for American Christians to think over the situation in terms of justice and soundness of a nation.
SECTION II: Old Documents and the Senkaku Islands
It is said that the first description about the Senkaku Islands in Chinese old books was made by an envoy, called Chen Kan (Chinkan in Japanese), from the Ming Dynasty to the Okinawa Kingdom, called Ryukyu in 1534. His report is said to contain the first reference to the Senkaku Islands by officials of Chinese empires, which needs however a close check.
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Chinkan Shiroku
Chen Kan's Records
Abstract
Chen Kan (1489-1538) of Zhejian in Yin county, China, came to Ryukyu in 1534 on an investiture mission to appoint King Sho Sei. Chen Kan"s "Records of Ryukyu" were used as the start of "Records of Investiture Missions from China" when the investiture missions had returned home. After this, there are some areas where the contents of "Records of Investiture Missions from China" follow the "Records of Ryukyu". In this copy are, "Shijikiryaku" containing records of things to do with the tributary system, the "Gunshoshitsui" the amended writings of things relating to Ryukyu, the "Tempireioki" in which miracles of the godess of the seas, Tenpi, are listed, and "Igo" which lists the Ryukyuan language, in which there were many omitted words, characters, and misprints, and so afterwards corrections and improvements were carried out.
http://ir.lib.u-ryukyu.ac.jp/handle/123456789/10227
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However, Ming and preceding Chinese empires called Okinawa "the Big Ryukyu" and Taiwan "the Small Ryukyu," since Ryukyu kings brought a tribute to Chinese empires but Taiwan leaders did not. But, as the names suggest, they could make only very vague distinction between Okinawa and Taiwan around 1500 without mentioning the Senkaku Islands.
Chen Kan corrected various misunderstandings about the Big Ryukyu (Okinawa) the Ming Court had had before his travelling to Okinawa. But, it also suggested that Chen Kan might not have been able to take special notice of the Senkaku Islands that lies 420 km (263 miles) west of the Okinawa main island, 330 km (206 miles) east of mainland China, and 200 km (138 km) north east of Taiwan.
But, Ryukyu also sent many official envoys to the Ming Dynasty and the Ching Dynasty. Specifically, this official voyage was made in total 241 times between 1372 and 1879. More specifically, kings of Ryukyu sent 173 envoys to Ming and 68 envoys to Ching. In addition, when a Chinese empire sent diplomatic agents to Ryukyu, Ryukyu's ships accompanied Chinese ships returning home to China. What's more, Ryukyu sent licenced commercial ships to Vietnam, Thailand, Sumatra, etc. In sum, official or licenced Ryukyu (Okinawa) ships had passed by the Senkaku Islands in total 580 times between 1372 and 1879.
It means that Okinawa (Rykukyu) officials must have observed the Senkaku Islands at least 580 times between 1419 and 1564, which is far more times than Chinese envoys must have observed the Islands. Ryukyu must have reserved a right of occupancy of the Senkaku Islands, partly because they did not want to raise any difficult diplomatic issue between the Kingdom and then superpower Ming or Ching, if they had had any modern concept of a border between countries.
It is also considered that even Western powers who sent their ships to the Far East knew existence of the Senkaku Islands as they made some maps of the East China Sea with some such small islands put down, though none of them showed territorial interest in the Senkaku Islands.
So, before 1895, the Senkaku Islands were observed not only by Chinese officials who made some report on their voyage but also many Ryukyu (Okinawa) officials and Western captains. And, none of them tried to claim the Senkaku Islands as their own through a due process.
According to an analysis of old Chinese books, it was found that Ching's officials stationed in Taiwan set their administrative boundary to a certain island (Daikeiko-sho in Japanese) which was identified as an island situated close to and north of Taiwan.
(http://akebonokikaku.hp.infoseek.co.jp/page007.html)
Therefore, the Senkaku Islands and other nearby small islands between Taiwan, Okinawa, and mainland China did not belong to any country till 1895 when the Empire of Japan who then already governed Ryukyu as the Okinawa Prefecture declared occupancy of the Senkaku Islands through a due process.
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It is said that "there could be as many as 100 million Chinese Protestants. That would mean that China has more Christians than Communist Party members, which now number 75 million."
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128546334
However, in a country that has no lawmakers and congressmen elected in a democratic manner based on political freedom of the people, how can you expect it to be administered based on Christian spirit?
China needs another (non-violent) revolution to realize freedom of opinion and press like in the U.S. and Japan.
Mar 10:3 And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?
Mar 10:4 And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.
Mar 10:5 And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.
Mar 10:6 But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.
Mar 10:7 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;
Mar 10:8 And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.
Mar 10:9 What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.