An essay written on August 28, 2012 rose to the top of Goo’s popular pages in November 2016.
This piece revisits that essay to show how its critique of South Korea and Japan’s self-deceptive moralism—especially in Asahi Shimbun—has been confirmed by subsequent history.

The following essay that I wrote on August 28, 2012, had become the number one popular page on Goo yesterday.
2016-11-15.
The following essay that I wrote on August 28, 2012, had become the number one popular page on Goo yesterday.
It is likely that people who searched for something after observing the current state of South Korea came across it, and needless to say, this was deeply gratifying to me.
This is because history is now proving that even this short essay hit the mark precisely.
The current turmoil surrounding Park Geun-hye has brought nothing good for Japan, but the one positive outcome is that it made the true nature of South Korea clear to readers of Asahi Shimbun and similar outlets.
At large-scale protest rallies, big signboards with handwritten messages were set up, and the media reported the words written on them.
They read, “A living hell state—there is no choice but to emigrate.”
This phrase perfectly proves that what I have continued to point out—that South Korea is an unlivable country—was entirely correct.
Below is the essay I wrote on August 28, 2012.
In this morning’s Asahi Shimbun, page eight, Junji Tachino, head of the U.S. bureau, introduced in his commentary an August 15 policy proposal on Japan jointly issued by Armitage and Joseph Nye of the United States.
He concluded by writing that a truly second-rate country is one that cannot even draw its own self-portrait.
Yet astonishingly, the country he has in mind must be Japan, criticized through sanctimonious moralism and an incurable, self-abasing view of history.
Mr. Tachino.
Why don’t you first type “Republic of Korea” into Wikipedia and read about it before speaking, as Akutagawa did yesterday.
Even in the twenty-first century, there still exists a fascist state, and it is precisely this that should be addressed: people educated as fascists, who fled that country because of its unlivable nature, have migrated to the United States and now relentlessly attack Japan across America.
No, this is the real problem.
Mr. Tachino.
A truly second-rate country is not one that cannot draw its own self-portrait, but one that fabricates that portrait and continues to exist in the twenty-first century as a fascist state—namely, South Korea.
You should immediately stop viewing Japan through self-abasing emotions soaked in sixty-seven years of sanctimonious moralism since the war.
Why?
Because with a monster state next door, there is no time left to indulge in such sentiments.
This is an urgent situation, where every moment counts.
This is the fight against fascism, and your task is to convey to the United States and the world the terrifying reality of South Korea and its unforgivable fascism.
To continue indulging in self-abasement of Japan—a true democratic nation with the highest level of intellect and freedom in the world, standing alongside the United States—
is to reveal a mindset that is sixty-seven years out of date.
Those who still have not read my book, a rare masterpiece that appears once every sixty-six years, should immediately purchase it at a nearby bookstore, through the sidebar’s online shop, or as an e-book.
This is because I am convinced that for Japan to be reborn and become a nation capable of saving the world, standing shoulder to shoulder with the United States and leading it,
people across Japan must read my work and compel the leaders they have chosen to implement the “answers” I have written.
Whichever page you open, you will encounter my originality—the words of an unmistakably gifted individual fulfilling the mission bestowed upon him by God.