He has no power to affect national politics.
– Election to Test Future Direction of Japan –
I think many earthlings have paid so much
attention to their own profit and loss that they have lacked in comprehensive
perspective. However, the March 11
casualty have awakened the people to the truth that such self-centered way of
thinking or consciousness will lead to the collapse of the world. Since the start of 2014, a big shift has been
seen in human consciousness; they have become aware that prioritizing the
interests of the entire humanity and entire earth over individual profit and
loss will result in individual interest.
It is very important to see things from a wider perspective.
Masatoshi
Takeshita
February
3, 2014
English translation of an excerpt from a
Japanese article: “Media Association” Club Bulletin – February 3, 2014 –
<Significance
of Tokyo gubernatorial election>
The voting day for Tokyo
Metropolitan gubernatorial election is next Sunday (February 9). This election is an opportunity for
electorate to cast a politically important vote. It is not simply a
local governmental election. It
is an opportunity to not only change national politics but reform national
politics. The coalition government of LDP led by Abe
and Komei, which has forcibly implemented policies, contrary to public
promises, one after another, is the very dictatorship. Tokyo residents and the people of Japan have
a responsibility to choose as Tokyo governor a person who can put a brake on
the government. This is a very important
election in this sense.
<National
Politics-Level Election>
The other day I asked several Tokyo
residents about what they thought about the election. I was surprised to learn that they didn’t
recognize that their voting would have serious and important meaning. This is due to a problem with the press has
reported a biased coverage of the election by trivializing the problem. Proper political comments have not been made.
The coverage seems to indicate the
intention of the government and the financial world, which is to make this
opportunity pass away by keeping Tokyo residents ignorant.
This is an important
election for Japanese to choose this important turning point: whether we will promote Japanese economy, showing the dark side of
a sharp depreciation of the yen caused by printing paper money of yen; whether
we will follow diplomacy isolated by Abe’s visit to
Yasukuni Shrine; whether we will militarize
Japanese economics by exporting nuclear power (nuclear power stations) and
weapons; or whether we will make Japan a country of peace and friendship as well as a country of 21st century-type advanced energy, which
can create a new industry by containing nuclear power (nuclear power plants)
and switching over to natural energy.
<Selection
of Governor to Change National Politics>
Never make the election a Tokyo
residents-level one. It should be a
chance to caste a clean vote from a broad perspective. Looking at the policy
pledges, for example, a lawyer, former NHK employee, definitely right, but he
has no power to affect national politics.
By all means we have to make this the election which will give a low to the ultra-rightist
politics led by the Abe cabinet. We
will reform the Abe political line by choosing a candidate who can do so. One vote should be
cast to achieve this goal. Since Okinawa fought it out to achieve a goal, why not in Tokyo?
This is one chance
in million for Asia and the world, too.
This is an unexpected result of the Tokushukai
incident. If Tokyo residents make
effective use of it, it is possible to save Japan from becoming a global orphan. You can tell who the person is by looking at
the pledge of each candidate.
<LDP/Komei
if you are content with Abe politics>
To be honest, if you highly evaluate this
ultra-rightist politics, you can vote for a candidate recommended by
LDP/Komei. Neighboring countries are watching
this election with great interest.
The media, which is said to be fair and impartial, won’t
report any allegation of money scandals of a candidate fielded by LDP/Komei or
seek a comment from him.
Why? Are they going to approve a
second Inose ?
His private life
surprises us. I wonder if it is all
right to pass over the allegations.
<Coalition
of Hokokawa and Koizumi if you say NO>
If you expect a
constructive reform of Japanese politics,
needless to say, Hosokawa should be
chosen. He has political power with which he can abolish nuclear power
generation and stop exporting nuclear reactors in direct opposition to the
zaibatsu conglomerates and Nuclear Power Village.
He will establish a 21-century type
acceptable economic structure and send messages to neighboring countries from
Tokyo to normalize the relations with them, which will drive the Abe cabinet
into the corner. He will be able to stop
Japan from being isolated. He can push through reorganizing the political world with his
strong connections to liberals and close in the ultra-right politics with them. This is what this writer wants to be
realized. Looking straight at Japan’s
current situation, this is the favorable result of the Tokyo gubernatorial
election.
<NO
against Constitutional Revision and Military expansion by Abe>
It is not acceptable to make Japan a
country of exporting nuclear power (nuclear power plants) and weapons. We should never make Japan a country which is
allowed to exercise the right to collective defense and wage a war. We should never Japan a country which will
terrorize the world and Asia. We Japanese have the responsibility and obligation to produce
the same achievements as Okinawa residents did, in Tokyo too. We should never bow down to any unreliable
opinion polls.
We still have one more week. Why don’t we cheer for the reformist
candidate for Tokyo governor? When
seeing him working his old bones hard, I am impressed with him very much. We should not choose an epigon of Ishihara or
Inose. We should never deteriorate the
metropolitan government with vested-interest produced by Olympic Games.
We should never miss a
chance to give a blow of revolution to Nagata-cho, Kasumigaseki and Otemachi
with sound metropolitan government.
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