Japanese Helped Judaists But Not Otherway
At the beginning of the 20th century, not only Judaists but also other Asians were suffering rule by colonial powers, though the Empire of Japan governed Korea and Taiwan as its own territories but not Manchuria yet.
CHAPTER I: 6,000 Jewish Refugees Saved by a Japanese
There might have been a general who killed 6,000 Judaists in a battle field during WWII, but there were not many American generals during WWII who saved lives of 6,000 Judaists.
Chiune Sugihara (1 January 1900 – 31 July 1986) was a Japanese diplomat who served as Vice-Consul for the Japanese Empire in Lithuania. During World War II, he helped several thousand Jews leave the country by issuing transit visas to Jewish refugees so that they could travel to Japan. Most of the Jews who escaped were refugees from German-occupied Poland or residents of Lithuania. Sugihara wrote travel visas that facilitated the escape of more than 6,000 Jewish refugees to Japanese territory, risking his career and his family's lives. In 1985, Israel honored him as Righteous Among the Nations for his actions.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiune_Sugihara
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CHAPTER II: Jewish settlement in Imperial Japan
Japanese have never been colonized by Europeans.
This is a big difference between Japan and any other Asian countries, including China and India. Japan and Japanese are fundamentally more proud than any other Africans, Asians, and Europeans think them to be. It is so, since Japan and Japanese once saved so many Judaists for nothing.
Jewish settlement in Imperial Japan
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In March 1938, Lieutenant General Kiichiro Higuchi of the Imperial Japanese Army proposed the reception of some Jewish refugees from Russia to General Hideki Tojo. Despite German protests, Tojo approved and had Manchuria, then a puppet state of Japan, admit them...
Approximately 24,000 Jews escaped the Holocaust either by immigrating through Japan or living under direct Japanese rule by the policies surrounding Japan's pro-Jewish attitude. While this was not the 50,000 expected,and those who arrived did not have the expected wealth to contribute to the Japanese economy, the achievement of the plan is looked back upon favorably. Chiune Sugihara was bestowed the honor of the Righteous Among the Nations by the Israeli government in 1985. In addition, the Mir Yeshiva, one of the largest centers of rabbinical study today, and the only European yeshiva to survive the Holocaust, survived as a result of these events.
Inuzuka's help in rescuing Jewish refugees from Nazi Europe was acknowledged by the Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the United States which saved him from being tried as a war criminal. He went on to establish the Japan-Israel Association and was president until his death in 1965.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_settlement_in_Imperial_Japan
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I have stressed importance for the Japanese Government to take necessary measures against a possible great earthquake in Tokyo.
As an expected amount of damage is $1.5 trillion according to some estimation, the government should spend $30 billion per year for 50 years, since it is very likely that an inland great earthquake will occur in Tokyo in half a century. The last time a big earthquake hit directly Tokyo was in 1923.
However, the expected frequency of Tokyo earthquakes has been changed with progress of study. Once it was said to be around 70 years. But, now some scientists think it is around 400 years.
In either case, the government should spend $30 billion per year for 50 years in order to make Tokyo more earthquake resistant.
Yet, in my feeling, Mt. Fuji will erupt prior to a big earthquake in Tokyo. In this case, it would be more difficult to defend any building in and around Tokyo. It is so since Mt. Fuji is situated on the intersection point of the North American Plate, the Eurasian Plate, the Pacific Plate, and the Philippine Sea Plate.
From a different direction, nonetheless, we may assume that Mt. Fuji protects Japan proper or Honsyu Island from the pressing Pacific Plate.
Finally, have a good night, since you might already have a hard day today, though it was one of Sundays.