There is no combination more obsessed with dragging down Japan’s stock prices, slowing its economy, and ultimately bringing Abenomics to failure.
April 2, 2016 On page 7 of the March 31st edition of the Asahi Shimbun, a rather strange article was published.
It featured Masayoshi Son of SoftBank, speaking of grand ambitions—or perhaps what one might call a classic display of crony capitalism—involving none other than China, Russia, and South Korea.
These three countries, astonishingly united, are the only nations in the world that are either blatantly anti-Japanese or entangled in territorial disputes with Japan.
Within the article, Asahi deliberately highlights Son’s anti-nuclear stance.
Yet nowhere does it mention that he has voiced not a single word of opposition to the Chinese and South Korean governments, who are aggressively ramping up the construction of nuclear power plants.
Among the three nations appearing in this article, two are not merely critical of the Abe administration—they are actively working, day and night, both within Japan and across the globe, through their governments and intelligence agencies, to divide Japanese public opinion and weaken Shinzo Abe’s influence.
I even suspect that the real aim of this meeting was to coordinate a massive short-selling campaign on the Tokyo Stock Exchange starting the following week, in order to rake in enormous profits.
The TSE and the Japanese government must establish a full-fledged system to track and monitor the identities and activities of those who initiate such short-selling campaigns as the week begins.
There could be no more perfect combination of forces utterly devoted to dragging down Japanese stock prices, slowing the economy, and bringing Abenomics to ruin.
This is the same individual who, alongside Naoto Kan, Asahi Shimbun, and Mizuho Fukushima, pushed for the immediate and complete shutdown of all nuclear reactors—actions which drove Toshiba into dire straits. (As a result, Chinese companies ended up acquiring Toshiba’s globally renowned home appliance division and its brand name.)
It was this man who helped drive nine of Japan’s world-class electronics manufacturers into a deep crisis (with Sharp ultimately being acquired by a Taiwanese firm).
And these same forces have not only persistently damaged Japan’s international reputation and credibility, reducing its standing in the global community, but also got Asahi to push the strong-yen narrative—eroding Japan’s industrial strength and national power—while their own nations continued to manipulate currency exchange rates, swiftly boosting their own economic power and industrial competitiveness against Japan.
This is a textbook case of unholy alliance between certain nations and a newspaper company.
To be continued.