Never in postwar history has an election so clearly possessed the power to alter the course of the world.
Through a historic victory and extraordinary voter participation, a new Japan–U.S.-led civilizational order will be set in motion.
This essay declares that historical turning point.

This is a proclamation by a living Nobunaga that will remain in world history.
It is a proclamation of greater importance than the line spoken by Dostoevsky in The Brothers Karamazov, that if all fathers were good fathers to their children, humanity’s problems would be solved.
Total Volume Control refers to the administrative guidance issued by the Ministry of Finance to financial institutions on March 27, 1990, under the Second Kaifu Cabinet.
As has been repeatedly stated, this marked the beginning of Japan’s deflation, which continues to this day without a definitive end, and this misguided policy was driven by Asahi Shimbun, which dominated Japan at the time, and by a single employee in its economics department, Atsushi Yamada.
The fact that my analysis was precisely correct is now an undeniable reality.
At the time, I was approaching the peak of my career as a business entrepreneur managing a real estate company, and we were in a position to register on the over-the-counter market at any time.
Because of our intense rivalry and close relationship with major real estate companies, we had acquired an exceptionally valuable commercial property in Tokyo.
A close friend of mine who worked at Dentsu passionately requested that Dentsu be allowed to produce the business plan for the project.
Although it took far longer than initially expected, several outstanding business plans were completed exactly as we had envisioned.
The total project cost was 6.5 billion yen.
Every proposal was such a high-quality project that full financing could be obtained from major life insurance companies.
Dentsu’s only condition was that tenant acquisition be entrusted entirely to them.
It was at that very moment that the aforementioned total volume control was imposed.
Further compounding our misfortune was the fact that Fuji Bank, which was competing with Sumitomo Bank for the top position in Japan at the time, repeatedly approached us with an offer to refinance our existing loan from Sumitomo Bank with full principal plus three years’ worth of interest.
Although Sumitomo initially opposed the refinancing, they eventually acknowledged that such favorable terms could not be matched by their own institution and approved the transfer.
That is how sound and superior the project was.
At that time, the president of Fuji Bank had just assumed the position of chairman of the Japanese Bankers Association.
Do not lend to the construction industry.
Do not lend to the real estate industry.
This was the essence of the total volume control.
In response to this utterly foolish administrative guidance, I decided, as previously described, to spend 35 million yen to publish a full-page opinion advertisement in the national edition of the Nikkei Shimbun addressed to the Minister of Finance and the Governor of the Bank of Japan.
However, Nikkei refused to allocate the space.
Nikkei was not a newspaper that could accept an opinion advertisement from an unknown individual or a single real estate company addressed to the Ministry of Finance and the Bank of Japan.
If this continued, the company would collapse.
There was no choice but to form a fund and raise approximately 2 billion yen in construction capital.
At that time, however, the maximum number of fund participants was limited to 50.
This would have required an unreasonably large investment per person and was nearly impossible.
Therefore, I telephoned the Ministry of Finance.
In those days, unlike the harsh and closed environments of today’s corporations and government offices, even unknown small businesses could freely make such calls.
I asked the person who answered to connect me with the section chief who had graduated from the University of Tokyo Faculty of Law.
Without hesitation, the person who came on the line was Satsuki Katayama, now Minister of Finance.
As readers know, I have often said that first-rate individuals recognize first-rate individuals, and geniuses recognize geniuses.
After an animated conversation, I raised the core issue.
Since bank lending had been halted, forming a fund was the only option, but the participant limit was too small.
I remarked that raising money was originally the government’s role, that a group of about 50 would hardly constitute rebellion against authority, and that the number might have been modeled after the roughly 50 members of the Akō rōshi.
She laughed heartily and replied that while it might not be entirely accurate, it was not far off either.
I found the conversation genuinely enjoyable.
She expressed clear agreement with my criticism of the media.
Shortly thereafter, an article appeared reporting that she had announced at a press conference the expansion of the fund participant limit from 50 to 100.
Her true first-rate intellect and decisiveness are now being recognized by the world.
Everything begins with one person.
It is not Asahi Shimbun, nor the Ministry of Finance, nor the Bank of Japan, nor names or buildings that speak.
It is always a single individual who begins the story.
Late last night, I watched a video on YouTube of her delivering a speech in Suginami Ward in support of Hiroko Kado.
I was deeply impressed by her continued clarity and by Ms. Kado’s clarity, recognizing both as individuals of genuine courage and excellence.
Ms. Kado obtained her New York State bar qualification while studying abroad at public expense from the Ministry of International Trade and Industry.
I was reminded of my classmate D, whom I had coincidentally reunited with on the Yodoyabashi platform, as previously described.
He had obtained his New York State bar qualification while working in the legal department of a major trading company in New York, later resigned, and practiced law there.
Later still, we happened to meet again late at night in Kitashinchi, as already recounted.
I was also instantly reminded of the late Kiichi Aichi, a senior alumnus of my beloved alma mater.
He visited our school twice during my student years to deliver addresses, once as Minister of Education and once as Minister of Foreign Affairs.
When this exceptionally capable and talented politician passed away prematurely, Kakuei Tanaka lamented, “A great star has fallen.”
The moment Sanae Takaichi, a true statesman and a person of genuine refinement, unlike the incompetent politicians Kishida or Ishiba, became president of the Liberal Democratic Party, the party returned to its true form.
In other words, the flow of Japan’s most capable individuals standing for office in the LDP to serve the nation has returned.
Anyone who doubts this need only listen to the speeches of Ms. Katayama and Ms. Kado to understand immediately.
All Japanese voters aged 18 and over, once you finish reading this, go immediately to early voting.
As journalist Ryusho Kadota personally confirmed yesterday, no voting card or identification is required, though having ID does no harm.
All that is required is for you, as a voter, to fill in the prescribed information such as your address.
Mr. Kadota reported that he completed voting in approximately five minutes.
No voting card is required.
You need only go in person to your nearest early voting location.
In Osaka’s Fifth District, this is the ward office.
Across Japan, early voting locations are ward offices, city halls, and town halls.
All Japanese voters aged 18 and over, once you finish reading this, go immediately to early voting.
This election is not merely about delivering a major victory for Prime Minister Takaichi.
Among advanced democracies where elections are conducted fairly, we must achieve an unprecedented voter turnout in the postwar world.
The minimum target turnout is 70 percent.
We must exceed 80 percent.
It must be the greatest landslide victory in the postwar political history of advanced nations.
A stunning, world-shocking landslide victory must be given to the Liberal Democratic Party led by Prime Minister Takaichi.
The respect of all nations will converge upon Prime Minister Takaichi.
It will converge upon the Takaichi administration.
This is the election that will cause Japan to bloom at the center of the world.
This election points the world toward a singular, unparalleled, and historically greatest event.
All of us, each individual voter aged 18 and over, must go immediately to the polling stations and cause Japan to bloom at the center of the world.
This is an election that can return Japan to its true state.
It is an election that will return Japan, a nation whose civilization turns by divine providence in parallel with the United States, to a position of global leadership alongside the United States for the next 170 years.
As individuals living in the 21st century, for the sake of Japan and for the sake of the world, you must vote for the Liberal Democratic Party led by Prime Minister Takaichi and fulfill your duty to save humanity as citizens of a nation whose civilization turns by divine providence.
By achieving the highest postwar voter turnout among advanced nations and demonstrating the greatest landslide victory of a Takaichi-led administration, we will show the world.
At that moment, we will deliver judgment upon the despicable and malicious old media, and upon the United Nations, which has become an agent of China, the worst dictatorship in history, where bottomless evil and plausible lies are fused with the evil of one-party communist rule.
This election will bring about their end.
It is an election that delivers judgment upon China, the worst dictatorship in history, where bottomless evil and plausible lies are fused with the evil of one-party communist rule.
All voters aged 18 and over, including high school students.
Once you have read this, immediately go to early voting at your nearest ward office, city hall, prefectural office, or town hall.
No voting card or identification is required, though students may bring student IDs if they wish.
Go immediately.
Change the world immediately.
Such an opportunity will never come again.
It is no exaggeration to say this is a once-in-a-lifetime chance.
That is because Prime Minister Takaichi is, above all else, a true statesman and a person of genuine refinement.
True statesmen and people of genuine refinement from across Japan are now gathering under her leadership.
Hiroko Kado, Mio Sugita, Chisato Morishita, and Katsuyuki Watanabe of Miyagi’s Second District, an alumnus of Sendai First High School, a rival school to my alma mater, are all unquestionably outstanding individuals.
Across Japan, individuals of the same caliber, true statesmen and people of genuine refinement, are now assembling under Sanae Takaichi.
The above is the Great Cry of Nobunaga, delivered by the Turntable of Civilization to all Japanese voters aged 18 and over.
A once-in-a-lifetime moment to seize the world has arrived.
The advantage of timing, geography, and heaven rests with the Japanese people.
Now is the moment.
All of you, proceed to the nearest polling station.
Write the name of the Liberal Democratic Party candidate in your district in the first line, and write “Liberal Democratic Party” in the second line, and Japan will become a world leader alongside the United States.
Advance.
As true people of the 21st century, demonstrate the greatest landslide victory in history to the world.
Show the world the intellect of the Japanese people, the courage of the Japanese people, their resolve, and their true refinement.
This manuscript continues.