On the other hand, while America is ready to play the global policeman role, there is no need for Japan to maintain an expeditionary force (like the old British Navy) to enforce foreign contracts and debts. Look at the Argentine defaulted bonds case: Judge Thomas Griesa is enforcing them. America and its allies have a global enforcement power, and it protects (thanks God) all of us.

http://www.globalfirepower.com/countries-listing.asp

Japan’s military is surprisingly strong. And this despite the fact that it’s a “self-defence force” and that it has been de-clawed and de-fanged by externally-imposed, and then self-imposed, restrictions.

As you must be aware, Japan is in the process of changing their constitution, and loosening those restrictions on its military and related industries. They’ve also just embarked on a recruiting campaign. (Curiously, and I’ve seen this for myself on poster-boards and recruitment office windows in rural Japanese towns, the posters are in English! https://www.recruiter.com/i/this-is-one-very-weird-recruitment-poster/)

Also, as you must be aware, modern wars between countries are essentially won with technology, with applied material sciences — and very few nations do that better than the Japanese. If they put their minds to it, within a decade they could put together a military force to rival any nation. And it’s not as though they’re lacking in nuclear material, either.

And I’d argue that Rola is a cathedral stooge. I’m well aware of the way they portray immigrants like Bobby Ologun on variety shows. Rola, on the other hand, is not presented as something less-than-human, something to be mocked. She’s a rather “desirable emblem of multiculturalism” — and it’s no secret how badly the West wants Japan to get with the program in that regard.

The article in question: http://www.unsustainable.org/index.asp?type=article&contentID=15.

That said, I’m really just referring to the stock market (and specific parts of it at that). I do agree that Japan has a serious demographic problem and its people are getting more and more socially warped. It’s the mouse utopia experiments writ large, seems to me …

Japan and China are actively competing for investment opportunities in India, Southeast Asia, and Africa. Both countries are attempting to expand their spheres of influence. It would perhaps be an understatement to say that it looks like China has the upper hand at the moment — but Japan is pushing China, and it’s a credible competitor.

All that said, it’s very true to suggest that Japanese society is favorably inclined towards NRx ideals. In certain ways, it’s far better and truer than Hong Kong and Singapore. It’s rooted in a cultural tradition that is broadly honored and valued among the Japanese. A tradition almost reminiscent of “Blood and Soil”: A strong Japan for ethnic Japanese, vigorous government support of small farmers and craftsmen, the preservation of rural regions, maintenance of cultural and artistic continuity, etc.

It is interesting that Japan is preferring to go on burning foreign reserves rather than start again the nuclear power stations and stop importing gas from Qatar, which is what’s causing the trade deficit.

Btw Rola isn’t a Cathedral stooge. She’s popular because she’s hot and stupid, and because she knows to suck the dicks of showbiz dons. Japan showbiz has a long story of having foreigners on show. It’s their version of a circus.