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 the achievements and contributions that Shinzo Abe has made to Japan and the world as a politician have been the greatest since the end of the war.
Apart from the Japanese prosecutors and university professors who are paid high salaries and have lifetime job security with the Japanese people's taxes, and the people who make their living in the mass media such as Asahi and NHK,
Most Japanese people and the world's leaders know he was a great politician.
It was on the NHK news last night.
Of all things, they were gleefully showing the scene in which Kiyomi Tsujimoto was pressuring former Prime Minister Abe to resign from the Diet.
It was back when the live TV show "Live Until Morning" was at its peak.
The people who ran the real estate business I had chosen as my life's profession were suffering greatly.
At this time, I often went to drink alone at the bar in the ANA Hotel, which is at the entrance to Kitashinchi.
It was a very relaxed and nice bar.
I used to frequent it to drink plenty of fresh juice and gin.
I encountered Takano Takeshi and Ozawa Ryoko, who were regulars on the above-mentioned TV program, talking at the following table on two occasions.
I can still remember the content of the conversation I overheard, even though I didn't want to.
Both times, it was about bid-rigging by general contractors.
The other day, I saw the name of Takano Takeshi on the Twitter feed of Yamada Hiroshi, a member of the House of Councillors, for the first time in a long time.
Yamada was criticizing Takano's comments, which could only be described as those of a Chinese agent, with genuine dismay.
The construction of the linear bullet train, which most Japanese people have been waiting for, is a rare and challenging project.
It is a problematic project that can only be completed with the technical capabilities of Japan's world-class super general contractors.
As I mentioned earlier, I had a lot of questions about the fact that the prosecutors had started searching for them as soon as the construction work began.
Those questions were cleared away instantly when I saw the name Takano Takeshi.
So, it was this man.
Takano Takeshi and others always talk about corruption in the construction industry.
The people in the special investigation unit know them.
The final touch was the unbelievable complaints made by Shizuoka Governor Kawakatsu, a rare pro-China politician.
In 2011, China took full advantage of the fact that Japan was under a Democratic Party of Japan administration to drag Japan down from being the world's leading nuclear power technology superpower and quickly rose to become a world superpower in the nuclear power industry.
Not stopping at nuclear power, China has been stealing JR technology left and right and has set a national goal of being the first country in the world to put the linear Shinkansen into practical use.
Kawakatsu's complaints have caused a significant delay in the linear Shinkansen project, and there is no prospect of it being completed anytime soon.
The Japanese government is unable to do anything about the situation in which a politician who is little more than a prefectural governor, who is little more than a Chinese agent, is able to stop a national policy of Japan for the benefit of China.
The prosecutors do nothing about this situation, severely damaging the national interest, and the mass media say nothing.
There were 440 classmates at Sendai Dai-ni High School, my alma mater, and of which I am proud.
They were all true elites.
There was not a single failure among them.
All of them followed the path of the elite and became the core of Japan.
Until they became adults (until they found employment), their families were like a roost for birds, where they all returned to their nests at dusk.
Birds don't have problems like family discord.
But only humans live with various problems.
For those with clear minds and sharp wits, this can be a serious problem.
It is because, as Takahashi Kazumi, a former brilliant student at Kyoto University, once said, "The foundation of originality lies in diversity, and the foundation of diversity lies in constancy."
It is why all top-class professional athletes have routines as a form of constancy.
With 'intuition' as defined by Professor Furuta Hiroshi, my former teacher at my alma mater stopped me in the hallway and said
"You must stay at Kyoto University and stand with that university on your shoulders."
Considering that former presidents Yamagiwa, Takagi, and others were living there, it was not a matter of regret that I was unable to follow my teacher's instructions.
I did not stand with Kyoto University on my shoulders, but now I am carrying something even more than that.
As I continue to write, I am carrying the 120 million Japanese citizens and the 6.5 billion people of the world with me.
There is an English software program that I have been using for a fee for a certain period.
I receive a report of my grades regularly.
There are several categories, and out of the nearly 3 million users, I am the clear leader in all categories.
Junior high school English teachers, university students, and other people constantly exposed to English all say the same thing.
"Recently, the Japanese to English translations on Google Translate and DeepL have greatly improved."
I say with a smile, without any pretense.
"I'm the one doing it. As the world's heaviest user..."
I started writing this column in July 2010, prompted by the Umeda North Yard project.
Everyone knows that it's normal for there to be around 30,000 searches and 3,000 visitors every day.
However, as soon as I announced the decision to publish the book from my hospital room on June 1, 2011, the man who had defrauded me of over 100 million yen from our company began to launch a reverse SEO attack on this column.
In 2012, after I had overcome a serious illness that had threatened my life, I consulted a lawyer who had previously been a prosecutor.
He hated computers and the Internet, but as soon as he saw it, he said, "This is terrible.
He raised several names of punishments.
"You were cheated out of a large sum of money, and you've had to spend a large amount on hospital fees for seven months, which is probably the result. If I take your case properly, I need to charge you a retainer fee of at least 500,000 yen, and I can't bring myself to take that. You can file a complaint with the police by yourself. I'll write the text for you, so please do that."
The police took just under three years to investigate the case as a criminal case and then passed it on to the Public Prosecutor's Office.
However, the result was as I have already described.
While leaving the evils of the street alone, they dealt with the case of Shinzo Abe (is that even a crime?) in a big way, leaking it to the Yomiuri Shimbun.
Left alone, the villain continues to carry out a vicious SEO attack, and the number of searches for this column has dropped to the 2,000s.
On Google, a false page is created for searches of the title of this column, and this column is folded into pages 8 or 10 or below.
If you search for it, it clearly states that the actions this man is taking are against the law and that you should never do them.
However, Google and the prosecutors are leaving it alone.
They are keen to stop the construction of the linear Shinkansen, attack Shinzo Abe, weaken Japan's national power, and divide public opinion. Still, they are highly unenthusiastic about the evils of the street.
Is that the correct attitude for a Japanese national public servant?
Is this the kind of organization Japan needs?
For some reason, the lawyer mentioned above, a former public prosecutor, hates the prosecutors.
"In a society where career advancement is everything, they will only build a case if they can be 100% sure of a conviction. That's why your case has little hope of being built. You've become a writer, so why not write about the huge evil of the prosecutors?"
As you know, I didn't start writing for that reason.
However, the way the world goes is as the lawyer said.
This article continues.
