The foundation of originality lies in diversity, and the foundation of diversity lies in constancy.
December 26, 2020
The following is a rough draft.
It is no exaggeration to say that Shinzo Abe's achievements and contributions to Japan and the world as a politician were the greatest after the war.
Except for the Japanese prosecutors, university professors, and those who make their living in the mass media, such as Asahi and NHK, who are paid well and guaranteed for life by the Japanese taxpayers,
Most of the Japanese people and significant world leaders and people know that he was a great politician.
It was NHK news last night.
They were gleefully showing Kiyomi Tsujimoto pressuring former Prime Minister Abe to resign from his position in the Diet.
It was back when "Live TV Till Morning" was in its heyday.
People running the real estate business I had chosen as my life's profession were suffering greatly.
At that time, I often drank alone at the bar of the ANA Hotel at the entrance of Kitashinchi.
It was a charming and relaxed bar.
I used to patronize it for drinking plenty of fresh juice & gin.
Twice, I ran into Takeru Takano and Ryoko Ozawa, regulars in the above program, talking at the following table.
I still vividly remember the content of the conversation that I could hear even if I didn't want to.
Both times, it was about collusion between general contractors.
The other day, I saw the name Takeru Takano on the Twitter feed of Councilor Hiroshi Yamada, a member of the House of Councilors, for the first time in a very long time.
Councilor Yamada criticized him with heartfelt dismay for his comments, which can only be described as a proxy for China.
The construction of the Linear Shinkansen Line, long-awaited by most Japanese people, is a rare and challenging project.
It is a complicated construction project that would have been difficult to complete except for the technical capabilities of Japan's world-class super general contractors.
As I have already mentioned, I had grave doubts about the fact that the prosecutors launched a search for them as soon as the construction work started.
That doubt was instantly cleared up when I saw the name of Takeru Takano.
So, this is the man.
Takeru Takano and his team are always talking about general contractor corruption.
Some special investigators are familiar with them.
The finishing touch is the unbelievable propensity of Shizuoka Prefecture Governor Kawakatsu, a rare pro-China politician.
In 2011, China took advantage of the fact that Japan was under the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) to pull Japan down from its position as the world's most technologically advanced nuclear power and quickly rose to become the world's leading nuclear power.
Not only nuclear power plants but China has also stolen JR technology and has made it its national goal to be the first in the world to commercialize the Linear Shinkansen.
Kawakatsu's insistence has caused a significant delay in the linear bullet train process, and now there is not even a prospect in sight.
It is no exaggeration to say that Japan cannot do anything about the situation in which a politician who is merely a prefectural governor, a proxy for China, is stopping Japan's national policy for China.
The mass media says nothing, and prosecutors do nothing in the face of a situation damaging the national interest.
I had 440 classmates at my alma mater, Sendai Niko High School, of which I am very proud.
They were all true elites. Not a single one of them was a failure.
They all followed the path of the elite and played a central role in Japan.
Until a child becomes a member of society (until they find a job), the home is the same as a roosting place for birds that return to their nests at dusk.
Birds do not have problems such as family discord.
Only humans, however, live with a variety of problems.
For those who are intelligent and wise, it is a severe problem.
It is because, as Kazumi Takahashi, who was a talented student worthy of Kyoto University, once said, "The foundation of originality lies in diversity, and the foundation of diversity lies in constancy."
It is the reason why top-notch professional athletes all have constant routine work.
My former teacher at my alma mater stopped me in the hallway and said, "You should stay at Kyoto University. And carry that university on your shoulders."
Because former presidents Yamagiwa, Takagi, and others were living there, my failure to follow his instructions was nothing to be regretted.
I did not stand on the back of Kyoto University, but I am now carrying something more than that.
I continue to write with 120 million Japanese citizens and the world of 6.5 billion people on my shoulders.
There is an English software that I have been using for a fee for several years.
Periodically, I receive a performance report.
There are several items in the report, and I am the best of the nearly 3 million people who use the software.
People in constant contact with English today, such as junior high school English teachers and university students, are unanimous in their opinions: "Recently, I have been using Google translate and Google translate.
The translation from Japanese to English using Google Translate and Deepl Translate has improved tremendously recently.
I say with a laugh and without any pedantry.
"I do. As the world's best heavy user..."
I started writing this column in July 2010 because of the Umeda-Kita Yard.
Anyone guesses that about 30,000 daily searches and 3,000 visitors are the norm.
A search in English for "the turntable of civilization" yielded over 20 million searches, with chapters from page 1 to over 70 pages in various languages. The search page for the turntable of civilization was spectacular, befitting the appearance of the one and only blog in the postwar world.
However, as soon as we announced our decision to publish the book from our hospital room on 6/1/2011, the man who defrauded our company out of over a hundred million yen launched a reverse SEO attack against this column.
In 2012, after overcoming a severe life-threatening illness, I consulted a lawyer who was formerly a prosecutor.
Although he hated PCs and the Internet, he took one look at me and said, "This is terrible."
He named several penalties.
He said, "You were defrauded of a large sum of money, and it cost you another large sum to pay for an eight-month-long hospital stay, probably as a result. If we were to accept a legitimate request, we would have to charge a starting fee of more than 500,000 yen, which we would not take. You can file a complaint with the police all by yourself. I will write the letter, so do it."
It took the police less than three years, but they investigated the case as criminal and referred it to the public prosecutor's office.
But the result, as already mentioned, could have been better.
While leaving the evil in the street unchecked,
Shinzo Abe's case (is it a story that would incriminate him?) was handled with great fanfare leaked to the Yomiuri Shimbun.
The neglected scoundrel has now continued to launch a massive reverse SEO attack, dropping the number of searches for this column to the low 2,000s.
In Google, at the time, he was creating fake pages for title searches of this column and collapsing this column into 8 or 10 pages or less.
If you search, you will see that it clearly states that this man's modus operandi is against the law and should never be done.
But both Google and the prosecutors are left alone.
They are eager to stop the Linear Shinkansen construction, attack Shinzo Abe, weaken Japan's national power, and divide public opinion.
Still, they need to be more enthusiastic about the ills of the street.
Is that the right attitude for a national official of Japan?
Is this organization vital for Japan?
The above lawyer, a former prosecutor, hates prosecutors for some reason.
He said, "In a society where career is everything, they only build cases on those they can convict 100% of the time.
That is why your case is unlikely to be successful from the beginning. Since you are now a writer, so to speak, why don't you write about such a great evil of the prosecution?
As you know, I didn't write it for that purpose.
However, the state of the world is changing, as the lawyer says.
This post continues.
