After a long time, a friend who graduated from Kyoto University visited my house the day before yesterday.
It was a very welcome visit, like a Christmas Eve present.
During our conversation about all things under heaven, we discussed how I came to publish my book.
My book was on the bookshelf.
The cover design was decided upon when I was in Kitano Hospital.
Kitano Hospital is a large hospital equivalent to the Kyoto University Faculty of Medicine.
In the style of "The White Tower," the head of the department and five or six young doctors would go around to each patient's room.
When the publisher sent me several ideas for the cover design, the second round of visits took place.
When I was talking about which one I should choose, one of the young doctors said:
"Kisara-san, would you let me do it? I'm good at this sort of thing."
I immediately left it in his hands.
I told the acquaintance at the beginning of this story that this was the cover.
This morning, while thinking about how grateful I was for yesterday's visit, I turned the pages of my book for the first time in a long time.
I have always felt embarrassed about my books.
That's why I didn't read them that often.
I realized again that this was also a significant loss.
For about a year, my book was on the social science and economics shelf at the main Kinokuniya Umeda store, alongside books by such leading commentators as the late Taichi Sakaiya and Yoichi Takahashi.
The person in charge at Kinokuniya said that although my book was not likely to be a bestseller, it would sell a certain number of copies, so it was displayed on the shelf.
One day, I noticed it had disappeared from the shelf, so I asked the person in charge why.
He replied, "I was confident that it would sell a certain number of copies, but it didn't sell as well as I had expected..."
As readers will know, this was a completely natural result.
The reason is that I am a completely unknown figure in journalism.
What's more, I appeared under the pen name of Akutagawa Kenji, which I had no choice but to do for reasons that my close acquaintances and readers are well aware of.
If I had appeared under my real name, the many acquaintances and friends I have made through business would have bought the book.
I announced in this column on June 1st, 2011, that the book would be published on December 1st.
I wrote an introduction to the book and published it.
At this point, if you searched for "the turntable of civilization," you would find over 20 million hits, with pages 1 to 70 filled with chapters in various languages from this column.
However, the criminal in question created over 100 blogs on each blog management company, such as "driving agency" and "secretarial agency," and began a crime of reverse SEO attack against this column.
After writing blogs with stupid and incoherent content, they posted blogs that published each chapter of this column without permission.
They filled up pages 1 to 10 of the search results with such things.
Immediately, the number of searches for this column dropped sharply to 1/100.
Furthermore, this criminal started committing outrageous crimes on Twitter, such as saying things like "Kisara-san, the vicious writer who is also known as Akutagawa Kenji" and "Kisara-san, the vicious real estate agent who is also known as Akutagawa Kenji."
Simply put, a genuine Japanese sweets shop was in the corner of a completely unknown shopping district.
It is the age of the Internet.
Everyone has a smartphone.
If a criminal like this were to write slanderous comments such as "the ingredients in that shop are made from ○○," that Japanese sweets shop would go bankrupt instantly.
I was made keenly aware of this when I re-read this book.
As the person in charge at Kinokuniya Umeda Main Store saw, this book is a masterpiece.
The fact that this masterpiece was buried by the criminal in question is an unforgivable crime against the world and humanity in the 21st century.
It was a very welcome visit, like a Christmas Eve present.
During our conversation about all things under heaven, we discussed how I came to publish my book.
My book was on the bookshelf.
The cover design was decided upon when I was in Kitano Hospital.
Kitano Hospital is a large hospital equivalent to the Kyoto University Faculty of Medicine.
In the style of "The White Tower," the head of the department and five or six young doctors would go around to each patient's room.
When the publisher sent me several ideas for the cover design, the second round of visits took place.
When I was talking about which one I should choose, one of the young doctors said:
"Kisara-san, would you let me do it? I'm good at this sort of thing."
I immediately left it in his hands.
I told the acquaintance at the beginning of this story that this was the cover.
This morning, while thinking about how grateful I was for yesterday's visit, I turned the pages of my book for the first time in a long time.
I have always felt embarrassed about my books.
That's why I didn't read them that often.
I realized again that this was also a significant loss.
For about a year, my book was on the social science and economics shelf at the main Kinokuniya Umeda store, alongside books by such leading commentators as the late Taichi Sakaiya and Yoichi Takahashi.
The person in charge at Kinokuniya said that although my book was not likely to be a bestseller, it would sell a certain number of copies, so it was displayed on the shelf.
One day, I noticed it had disappeared from the shelf, so I asked the person in charge why.
He replied, "I was confident that it would sell a certain number of copies, but it didn't sell as well as I had expected..."
As readers will know, this was a completely natural result.
The reason is that I am a completely unknown figure in journalism.
What's more, I appeared under the pen name of Akutagawa Kenji, which I had no choice but to do for reasons that my close acquaintances and readers are well aware of.
If I had appeared under my real name, the many acquaintances and friends I have made through business would have bought the book.
I announced in this column on June 1st, 2011, that the book would be published on December 1st.
I wrote an introduction to the book and published it.
At this point, if you searched for "the turntable of civilization," you would find over 20 million hits, with pages 1 to 70 filled with chapters in various languages from this column.
However, the criminal in question created over 100 blogs on each blog management company, such as "driving agency" and "secretarial agency," and began a crime of reverse SEO attack against this column.
After writing blogs with stupid and incoherent content, they posted blogs that published each chapter of this column without permission.
They filled up pages 1 to 10 of the search results with such things.
Immediately, the number of searches for this column dropped sharply to 1/100.
Furthermore, this criminal started committing outrageous crimes on Twitter, such as saying things like "Kisara-san, the vicious writer who is also known as Akutagawa Kenji" and "Kisara-san, the vicious real estate agent who is also known as Akutagawa Kenji."
Simply put, a genuine Japanese sweets shop was in the corner of a completely unknown shopping district.
It is the age of the Internet.
Everyone has a smartphone.
If a criminal like this were to write slanderous comments such as "the ingredients in that shop are made from ○○," that Japanese sweets shop would go bankrupt instantly.
I was made keenly aware of this when I re-read this book.
As the person in charge at Kinokuniya Umeda Main Store saw, this book is a masterpiece.
The fact that this masterpiece was buried by the criminal in question is an unforgivable crime against the world and humanity in the 21st century.
The nuclear accident was a man-made disaster. 2011/3/25
All my readers should read the Asahi Weekly right now.
Suppose you are good with computers, unlike me.
In that case, you should start forming public opinion to get Kan Naoto to resign immediately, make all websites aware of the true nature of this outrageous man, and give him his marching orders.
My readers will know that I was the first person in Japan to point out that the inspection after the earthquake was outrageous and fatal.
I was also the first to write that this was no good after the Democratic Party of Japan election last September, and I was also the one who was 150% certain that the World Cup would never come to Japan.
Please read the "Asahi Weekly" on sale today, "The Inside Story of the 'Palace of Ruin' Bringing the People of Japan to Misery: The Fukushima Nuclear Accident is a 'Man-Made Disaster'!
It is no time to be complaining about difficulties.
The facts and the truth were as I had speculated.
I had named it the "Murderous Cabinet," which was precisely that.
There is no need to hold back any longer.
I, too, had been cruelly separated from my mother, whom I loved more than anyone.
That is why I refrained from speaking out, but that is not the point.
It is a terrible story.
It goes without saying who will take over the reins after that.
Moreover, even the editorial board members of the major newspapers, who have been complicit in this outrageous situation for the past two years, know about it.
They can't say anything.
Some of you also feel uncomfortable about being led around by the media.
Even I was led to believe that Takashi Tachibana was right in the uproar over Kakuei Tanaka thirty years ago.
The way the media leads us is genuinely frightening.
If you still feel that discomfort, please trust my inner eye.
As I have been saying,
90% of the workers will never lead the country astray.
It is always the 10% of the elite who lead it astray.
The elite are to blame for all the crimes they commit, whether they are conscious or unconscious of it.
My readers will understand what I have written many times.
However, it was this man, Naoto Kan, who, as I had speculated, led us into this situation.
As a mid-ranking member of the Democratic Party of Japan has said, he has "deserved to die a thousand deaths" because he is the kind of person I have been writing about.
The result of this is the current situation in Fukushima Prefecture.
But that's not all.
As you all know, tens of thousands of older adults, young and old, who have shown the world such decency have had to endure such difficult circumstances for over a week, and now for a second week, because of this man's very nature.
Now is not the time for sentimentality or sympathy.
Our hesitation will only bring about severe losses and damage to our country.
There was a press conference with the Prime Minister earlier, but why can't he give a speech that touches the people's hearts at a time like this?
He's not a statesman.
No, the fact is that the truth was perfectly verified by the Asahi Weekly today.
In the face of such facts, if he were to give a big speech, he would be an absolute fraud and a real villain, so there is no way he could say it.
He could not say it as someone who has continued to do such incompetent things.
Bureaucrats inevitably follow precedent or avoid responsibility.
The reasons for this are as stated above.
Politicians, of course, have experience, insight, a fixed opinion, and a philosophy.
They always protect the national interest, wealth, and people and die for the people, not themselves.
２０２４/12/8 in kyoto
