I have mentioned the three monthly magazines, including WiLL, on several occasions, as follows:
The monthly magazines I am referring to are full of genuine articles written by genuine thinkers from all walks of life, proving that the "turntable of civilization" is turning in Japan.
WiLL and Hanada monthly magazines cost 950 yen, and Seiron cost 900 yen.
In other words, Asahi Shimbun subscribers pay 4,400 yen a month to read not only genuine articles but also outrageous editorials (which are essentially all fake news designed to realize their vile claims) written by masochistic historical thinkers and left-wing, which are disgusting and malicious, pander to China and Korea, denigrate Japan, and whose company philosophy is to attack the Japanese government.
On the other hand, those who subscribe to the three monthly magazines mentioned above can read a mountain of genuine papers that they would never read in the Asahi Shimbun or other newspapers for a total monthly subscription fee of 2,800 yen.
The following is from Mogi Makoto's laborious work, published in the monthly magazine WiLL on February 26th, in three columns from pages 228 to 239.
This paper proves the correctness of my argument that "you can read a mountain of real papers that you would never read in the Asahi Shimbun or other newspapers."
It is a must-read not only for Japanese people but also for people worldwide.
What is the America that Trump will "recover"?
The roots of Japan and the United States are the samurai spirit and the spirit of the Western frontier.
I will omit most of the part from "The Era Trump Aims for" and introduce "The Hidden World Revolution" from page 236 to the final chapter.
The Hidden World Revolution
In the first place, "neocon" means "neoconservative" = new conservatism.
Why is "new" added?
As mentioned above, the original American conservatives are "small government" and do not intervene in world conflicts or politics.
However, the neocons have changed the definition of American conservatism, and they are a hidden world revolution in which the United States uses military and economic power to get involved in world conflicts actively and aim to Americanize (liberalize, democratize) the world.
In other words, the neocons' definition of conservatism is simply "anti-Russia."
It continued even after the collapse of the Soviet Union, and they viewed Russia as an enemy in any case.
From the neocons' perspective, Putin is a former member of the KGB, the intelligence agency of the Soviet era, and Russia is no different from the Soviet Union, still closing its market and refusing investment from the United States.
They believe that it is America's mission to overthrow authoritarian regimes.
And they will overthrow dictatorial regimes that are hanging on to Russia.
Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya, whose governments collapsed during the "Arab Spring" that occurred during the Obama administration, were pro-Russian regimes.
Obama was clever, so he did not allow the US military to intervene directly and used the CIA to support the anti-government forces in each country.
The Assad regime in Syria resisted this "Arab Spring" to the end.
The same thing was done in the former Soviet republics (the Soviet Union was made up of 15 countries) after the collapse of the Soviet Union, and one after another, the governments were overthrown.
The CIA provided funds and weapons to these anti-government movements, which became the color revolutions.
The successful ones were the "Rose Revolution" in Georgia, the "Orange Revolution " in Ukraine, and the "Maidan Revolution" in Egypt.
In this way, the neocons thoroughly crushed the remnants of the Soviet Union.
Will they be able to complete their term?
With the Trump administration, it is a "winter period" for the neocons.
They are now "playing dead".
On the surface, they will obey the Trump administration but will secretly cause conflicts around the world and try to drag Trump down with them.
There are still many people in the CIA, the State Department, and the Department of Defense who want to make it seem like "Trump was manipulated by the neocons after all."
Trump described the deep cleanup to get rid of these "warmongers" as "draining the muddy water from the swamp." He appointed Elon Musk to head the Department of Government Efficiency and has begun mass restructuring. Government efficiency is not just a "business review," but instead, the real purpose is to remove the neocon forces that have taken root at the heart of America.
Trump has also withdrawn from international organizations (global unification organizations) such as the World Health Organization (WHO) and rejected the Federal Reserve.
I worry about whether it is okay to make so many enemies.
I don't think Trump can complete his four-year term.
There are so many enemies that there is a good chance he will be assassinated.
Trump was nearly assassinated during an election speech in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Since then, he has been working with the resolve to think of himself as dead and with a genuine "willingness to die."
The Liberal Democratic Party is the same as the US Democratic Party.
Now that a genuinely conservative government has been born in the US let's think about what "conservatism in Japan" means.
A state of anarchy similar to the Wild West era continued in Japan for a long time.
The Ritsuryo system collapsed during the Heian period.
The central government in Kyoto did not function, and public order in the provinces deteriorated.
The government was unreliable, and bureaucrats tried to extract taxes from the peasants arbitrarily.
In this situation, the very idea of Wild West era development, that "the government is the enemy. You must protect your own life and livelihood," emerged among the powerful clans and peasants of the Kanto region.
It was the idea of individual independence and "small government" regarding how you should be and what you should do.
They practiced martial arts and did not give up their swords or land (= property).
The idea of "Issho-Kenmei" (risking one's life to protect one's territory and make a living) spread among the samurai.
This era continued for about 700 years, through the Kamakura, Muromachi, and Sengoku periods, and eventually evolved into "Bushido."
In other words, the Japanese bushido mentality and the grassroots conservative mentality of America (the spirit of pioneering the West) have the same structure.
In that sense, Japanese and Americans can understand each other.
It is a mentality that does not exist in other Asian countries.
China and Korea were centralized bureaucratic nations, and classes such as samurai did not emerge.
Emperors, kings, and bureaucrats were always absolute, and there was no thought of the land as their own.
The idea of democracy would not have emerged in such countries.
Democracy is when citizens are independent, and a majority vote decides things.
Because this kind of thinking has always existed, dictatorial regimes have not been born in Japan.
Both the Kamakura and Edo shogunates were basically council systems, and the shogun was not a dictator.
Trump said, "If Shinzo and I had been at the top, there would have been no war between Japan and the United States," but at the root of this is the connection between the samurai spirit and the spirit of the Western frontier.
It is why Akira Kurosawa's films are so popular in America.
The Western film The Magnificent Seven (1960) is a remake of Akira Kurosawa's 1954 film Seven Samurai, set in Mexico during the Western frontier period. Recently, the Hollywood drama "SHOGUN," starring and produced by actor Sanada Hiroyuki, won 18 awards in various categories, including Best Actor, setting a new record for the most awards won at the Emmy Awards.
This bushido worldview is popular with Americans because it is rooted in the spirit of pioneering the West.
The Japanese must regain the bushido spirit.
Have your own will, live an independent life, and do not rely on handout policies.
The idea of proposing handout policies, like those of the Komeito and Communist parties, is not Japanese but rather continental.
Over half of the LDP supports policies such as handouts and accepting immigrants and refugees.
They are mainly focused on the Democratic Party.
Former Prime Minister Kishida Fumio and Current Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru are at the forefront.
Their policies are entirely consistent with those of the American Democratic Party.
From Trump's perspective, Japan's LDP government would be viewed entirely as the Democratic Party (= the enemy).
Trump feels nothing but discomfort with the current LDP-Komeito government.
It was clear from Trump's sarcastic and cynical attitude at the first Trump-Ishiba meeting.
Now, Trump is trying to bring back the original conservatism.
Unless the Japanese understand this trend and bring back their conservatism, they will never be able to build a truly friendly relationship with the United States.
To do this, every citizen must once again think about what conservatism means.
