Olympic Games Memorial Park...
In Yoyogi, Tokyo,...a local boy then so longingly watched on TV.
(In return to gifts of cherry trees, the U.S. presented flowering dogwoods [Hanamizuki in Japanese] to Japan in 1912, which was however perished eventually, so that some Japanese planted new boxwoods in 1980...)In the Second Week of December
(dans la deuxième semaine de Décembre)
The other night I forgot a book newly bought, leaving it in a beef bowl restaurant nearby. Several minutes after having left the restaurant, I remembered it to go back and retrieve it.
Nowadays, some people sometimes happen to leave their cellular phones behind in a shop or a bar.
Japanese people often use their mobile phones as a memo pad. So, if they lose their mobile phones, they lose some personal information. Or, their secret, including telephone numbers of their friends, could be in hand of somebody else.
The point at issue is how you keep or manage your memo pad or journal after filling all the pages. In the safe-deposit box inside a bank? In the safe-deposit box inside a rental trunk room? Or are you living in a safe-deposit-box-like room?
But any safe can be broken; any room can be invaded; and any friend can leak secret information. Of course, any mobile phone can be left behind.
And more importantly, the God knows everything about you. Think it over, please.
Section I: Gold Tells
According to a Japanese Web site, officially announced amounts of gold possessed by world central banks as of 2010, in addition to the ratio against an amount of currency issued in each country, are as follows (market values recalculated from Japanese data as $1 = 90 yen):
Country...-...Gold in tons (value)...-...Ratio to Currency
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1. USA..-....8,132 ($330 bn).....73%
2. Germany..-....3,407 ($130 bn).....68%
3. IMF..-....2,967 ($110 bn）
4. Italy..-....2,452 ($100 bn)....67%
5. France..-....2,435 $100 bn)....66%
6. China..-....1,054 ($43 bn)....1.6%
7. Switzerland..-...1,040 ($42 bn)....24%
8. JAPAN..-.....765 ($31 bn)....2.8%
9. Russia..-.....669 ($28 bn)....5.5%
10. Netherlands..-.....613 ($26 bn)....55%
11. India..-.....558 ($23 bn)....7.5%
12. ECB..-.....501 ($21 bn)....27%
13. Taiwan..-.....424 ($18 bn)....4.3%
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16. UK..-.....310 ($12 bn)....16%
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Total..-.....29,700 tons ($1.22 trillion)
(http://archive.mag2.com/0000048497/index.html )
It is said that the total amount of gold possessed globally by individuals, businesses, and governments is 160,000 tons ($6.6 trillion) which could fill three 50-meters-long swimming pools.
However, this figure cannot be trusted; probably there is three times or more gold in human society. Gold for industrial use (12%) and ornamental-personal use (51%) is not officially reported and recorded, though gold for investment (17%) and public possession (18%) is so monitored internationally. China is officially recorded as possessing 1,054 tons, but it is believed that China has 3,000 tons ($120 bn) of gold.
It is said there is still 80,000 tons ($3.3 trillion) of gold yet to be mined. It will take 32 years till this last deposits are all mined.
The market for gold has a size of $20 trillion, since gold is sold and bought many times in a short period of time. This is almost the same as the total global trade value ($19 trillion) per year.
After WWII, the U.S. is said to keep 70% of the world gold stockpiles. So, it is no wonder that the U.S. still possesses the world largest governmental deposits of gold.
If the U.S. is allowed to increase the amount of dollar notes till its rate (currently 73%) of gold to currency issued becomes the same as Japan's (2.8%), FRB can print and issue 28 times more dollars.
Gold looks attractive as a measure to cope with inflation, but nowadays people are purchasing gold in preference to the dollar while facing deflation, too.
If actually there is 480,000 tons of gold in the human world, every one of the 6 billion population of mankind can have 80 grams or 0.177 pounds. And, if all the gold having been mined is distributed equally among mankind, there would be no war and strife in the world, since every one would possess the same amount of gold, 80 grams or 0.177 pounds.
This might be the final solution for mankind.
SECTION II: England vs. European Continent; Japan vs. China
Why was the Industrial Revolution initiated in England but not in the European Continent?
The answer is in religion.
In the European Continent, the Vatican and its followers, namely governments, suppressed and drove out many of potential developers of, and investors into, modern industry.
In England, Dissenters who protested against authority of the Vatican also requested freedom in their business.
In the European Continent, the Vatican and its followers, namely governments, loved luxurious or religious articles and goods for cultural and non-pragmatic tastes.
In England, those Dissenters and their followers liked austere attitudes and pragmatic manners as well as goods suitable for such living.
In the European Continent, needs for mass-produced goods that could lead to emergence of popular culture were suppressed by the Vatican and its followers, namely governments so as to protect their authority.
In England, those Dissenters and their followers came to increase their needs for practical and functional goods and tools which would make their living in this world easier and comfortable.
Simply put, the Vatican was a great factor for constricting and holding back momentum toward the industrial revolution in the European Continent.
Only England, as a major power, was exempted from this religious burden being imposed by the Vatican. The British ruling class could embrace a paradigm more living-centric while the ruling class in the European Continent stuck to a luxury-centric paradigm.
Therefore, the industrial revolution was surely impossible in the European Continent, but possible in England; and it actually happened.
To your surprise, analogy exists between the contrast between England the European Continent and that between Japan and the Chinese Continent.
In applying Confucianism and other ancient Chinese philosophy, the Chinese Continent has been more suppressive and authoritarian, while Japan is more flexible and humane and the samurai class adopted honestly the teachings, though for their own interest and convenience.
More importantly, in China, only limited people learnt those ancient teachings before true modernization after WWII, but in Japan even children of farmers were taught some basics of Confucianism and Buddhism in humble temple schools all over Japan even before modernization that started in 1860's.
(In China, even after WWII, under the communist regime, Confucianism and Buddhism are not respected as much as, say, Maoism.)
At least, you have to understand that as the cultural relationship between England and the European Continent is not vertical, that between Japan and China is not vertical, either. Rather, Japan has had decisive advantages over China like England over the European Continent.
At the core of the advantages on Japan's side over China is spiritual matter, too.
This is also a key to understanding the Senkaku territorial defense issue and the contrast of recent trends of GDP in Japan and China.
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What secret about Himself did Christ Jesus have?
Or how many pieces of secret about Himself did Jesus Christ have?
At least one that He is the God?
But, why do people all know that He is the God?
Why do people all know it? Why?
If your secret is also your enemy's secret, it must be everybody's enemy that would leak the secret. Think it over, please.
In addition, this is neither a secret plain blog nor an open encrypted blog.
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7W0Faj_YGU&feature=related
The French see Japan in the east, but Americans see Japan in the west. Which is less biased?)
Luk 12:6 Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?
Luk 12:7 But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.