Entry for July 28, 2007

Every time I hear about subprime loan issue in America, I call bubble economy burst to mind. Housing-loan companies went under in Japan. People thought real-estate boom was some people's problem. But It reached other areas. Now American analysts say it have little impact on others. But Japanese analysts also said so, and they were wrong.



My classmate's father was the head of a Housing-loan company. Everyday I passed her house. I read a magazine and found a picture of the house. One day, the nameplate was changed. I don't know where she has gone.



Medias put a label on her father as "money-mad". However, my friend was just a student. Might be she is money-mad now but feel bad for her, a teenager, because she was also put a label practically.



Atmosphere in society is clownish. Medias and opposition parties, Komeito, communist party etc instigated people. Even though compulsive injection of public funds into banks was the only answer, many people were rigidly opposed to the policy. But they seems not to feel apologetic for their wrong idea.



In fact, I opposed the policy. However, my brother taught me that the policy is the only answer. He was a journalist of a business magazine and learned it well. I could escape from the stupid world thanks to him. Japan could regain by the policy.



I can find stupidness in this election too. Always people are twisted around media's little finger.



Fortunately, subprime loan issue is very different from Japan's babble economy. It is said it has less impact on economy than Japanese one. Although we have to be careful about its business climate.



I found a very strange Video-report on website of NY-times. This music never chime in with this video. Shakuhachi sticks out like a sore thumb. I've thought some ghost in antiquity emerged in Tokyo. LOL.



I think this video report have big troubles. They let a ULTRA-Right Wing Activist speak in the video but such activists are regarded as stupid in Japan. The Journalists should not take such ultra minority group's opinion. What the journalist investigated? No! Don't mix up conservative wing with such a guy! Please!!! He is not right-wing but Ultra-right-wing. Right-wing would not a well-chosen word. "Conservative right wing" would be better. I hope I didn't fail to listen to the English.



There are some other wrong ones in the report but I haven't time to write about it now.



http://nytimesshorts.feedroom.com/?fr_chl=8404dd9b994ba2c8ae93a06714c0ccb1123...



Always, American medias fail to describe Japan. I hope you ask Japanese people about reports when you see a news report about Japan in America, if you want to confirm with it.



There are some countries say "Japan　prussianize!". But I think I can say Japan as of WW2 was a very strange era through Japanese history. To go by the era is wrong, I think.



I bought a interesting book titled "核武装論, Kaku-busou-ron" which means "atomic armament argumentation" written by a thinker, Susumu Nishibe, who is regarded as right wing person. He seems to talk about it logically. I am enjoying to read it now. I think atomic armament in Japan is a cold day in hell. People never allow to do it emotionally.



These days, it seems I am regarded as a mate by a kind of regular people in the park. They give a salute to me when we met. I also do it.



It is a map of Osaka in Edo era.