The following is from a regular column by Masayuki Takayama that appeared in the February 1st issue of the monthly magazine Themis, which arrived at my house yesterday.
Themis is a subscription-only magazine.
This article also proves that he is the one and only journalist in the world after the war.
Long ago, an elderly professor from the Royal Ballet School of Monaco, highly respected by prima ballerinas worldwide, came to Japan.
At that time, she said the following about the significance of artists
"Artists are essential because they can only shed light on hidden, concealed truths and express them."
No one would argue with her words.
After the war, Masayuki Takayama was not only the only journalist in the world; it is not an exaggeration to say that he was also the only artist.
This thesis also beautifully proves the correctness of my statement that, in the current world, no one deserves the Nobel Prize in Literature more than Masayuki Takayama.
It is a must-read not only for the Japanese people but also for people worldwide.
The reality of the "foolish country" of South Korea, as warned about by Mr. Nishio Kanji
Placing Japanese people as "outcasts" and fabricating history as "Japanese imperialism's rule."
"The Imperial Family is also from Korea."
The phrase "you have to ask to find out" emphasizes surprise at the story's absurdity.
When I was rereading the works of Mr. Nishio Kanji after his death, I came across a passage that took me by surprise.
It was a passage that quoted a Korean historian's views on Japan, bringing back the shock I felt when I first read it.
Here is a summary of the passage
Korea is a rigid class society, and in the past and the present, the yangban are at the top, followed by the ordinary people (the middle class), then the semi-slave peasant farmers (the ordinary people), and below them come the pekchon, who are outcasts.
And the Korean historian says that the people below them are the "Japanese."
He arbitrarily fits people from another country into his own country's class system and ranks them below the untouchable outcasts.
They don't have a proper sense of decency, but leaving that aside, that's how it is.
The historian cites the fact that the people of Baekje, who were defeated in the Battle of Hakuson-kyo, fled to Japan and says that "from ancient times, the defeated, the displaced, and the criminals who were unable to make a living on the peninsula fled to Japan and eventually established the nation of Japan."
He says that the country was founded in a way similar to the lyrics of the song "Showa Karesususuki," which says that they were defeated by poverty or society.
That's why they say that the Tenson kōrin myth is actually about a man from Korea who came to Japan and that his bloodline is connected to the Imperial Family.
I feel like slapping them for their blasphemy, but the story continues.
These defeated Japanese people hate their homeland, and they continue, "For example, Hideyoshi went on a punitive expedition, and the Meiji government carried out a harsh colonial rule that was called the Japanese Imperial Rule."
What is frightening is that this outlandish view of Japan is "not limited to historians, but is also held by most ordinary Koreans," says Ms. Oh Sonfa.
In fact, they even have a proper word for Japanese people they place under the outcast category, "Wa Na."
So, you have to ask the Koreans what they think.
It's not worth arguing with them, but the claims of Korean scholars have no historical basis.
Generally speaking, the oldest Korean history book is the 12th-century "History of the Three Kingdoms," and there was nothing before that. There was no nation.
There was a time when there were just a lot of exiles.
Long before that, Japan had ancient tombs such as the Nanpei Kofun and Sannai-Maruyama Kofun, and flame pottery has been excavated all over the country, and even shark and boar teeth and jade pendants have been found.
In addition, the structure of the languages of Japan and Korea is different.
Huntington acknowledges that there is no cultural commonality between Japan and Korea and that Japan is unique.
Even when looking at the Y chromosome gene, which is the key to determining ethnic differences, there is not a single match between the Japanese and Koreans.
The other day, a female university student at Hosei University hit eight male and female students in the class with a hammer, injuring them.
Everyone was surprised.
When they heard that the culprit was Korean, they all seemed to accept it as a matter of course.
That's what ethnic differences are like.
Also, the "Japanese imperial rule" that Korean scholars discuss differs from the historical facts.
The Korean Peninsula is in the center of Japan, China and Russia, and at first glance it looks like a key strategic location.
If a country wants to take hegemony, it will happily come and take it.
There is no Korean word for toilet.
That's how Sui, Tang, Qing, and the Soviet Union came about in modern times.
The Protectorate General was also set up to rule the land, but everyone ran away.
The United States also came to have its sights set on China, but after the Russo-Japanese War, Theodore Roosevelt closed down all US diplomatic offices and left.
It was because he saw Korea as a country that would leech off the government that ruled it, harm it, and even endanger its people's lives, like a "poisonous leech."
So Theodore pushed it onto Japan.
Ito Hirobumi and his close aide, Durham Stevens, opposed getting involved in Korea.
The plan was to develop the infrastructure with the warmth typical of Japan and to make it a protectorate where only Japan would have diplomatic rights, but Koreans assassinated both men.
However, it would be even more dangerous if they were left alone.
So Japan decided to keep Korea under its control, and every year, it invested 20% of its national budget in laying railways, installing electricity, building 4,000 schools, greening the mountains, and building toilets in Korea.
Until then, they had dug a big hole, put two trees across it, and gone to the middle to do their business.
There was no Korean word for toilet, but thanks to the Japanese, they had a toilet with a door.
Nowadays, it's called a 'hwangjangjil'.
Translated, it means 'lavatory'.
That's the reality of the 'colonial rule' that Koreans now hate so much.
But there's no gratitude.
On the contrary, when they hear that the Sado gold mine will become a World Heritage site, they start saying things like, 'The Koreans were overworked.'
Koreans can't do advanced drilling or blasting.
That's why we gave them simple, safe work that even children could do.
They forget their gratitude and say things like that.
No one in the world wants to have anything to do with Korea.
Korea claims that it is the "keystone of the Japan-US-Korea military alliance," but there are plenty of pro-North Koreans lighting candles.
They are completely unreliable.
Reciting the Murayama Statement in front of Wang Yi
So, under Prime Minister Abe, we decided to leave it alone, and it has been eight years since he ended the currency swap, the white country status, and ministerial-level visits to South Korea.
Japan has had no problems whatsoever.
Incidentally, Japan did not lose a single game of soccer, baseball, or table tennis against South Korea during that time.
It's been a refreshing experience.
Then, the Kishida administration suddenly gave South Korea' white country' status and approved a currency swap.
Kishida plans to return, but no one will accept it except for Koreans living in Japan.
Ishiba is even more foolish.
He sent the Foreign Minister Iwaya to Beijing and had him recite the Murayama Statement in front of Wang Yi.
He said that Japan is a bad country and China is a good country.
Even though China is the most dangerous.
Ishiba then sent Iwaya to South Korea.
He ruined Abe's "8 years of no contact".
Once again, "Japan-US-South Korea security" is back, but South Korea lacks the power or awareness to live up to that trust.
Don't let that country commit to Japan's security.
Politicians should also chew on Nishio's words.
