This final chapter examines the “disease of denial” afflicting Japan’s political, business, bureaucratic, and media establishments as the U.S.-China confrontation moves toward a state of economic war.
It calls for an awakening from short-term interests and the illusion of “Japan-China friendship” in order to prevent the hegemony of a dictatorship and protect the future of Japan and humanity.

uly 19, 2020
For our country to survive, as many Japanese people as possible must break free from the disease of denial.
That awakening will prevent the hegemony of a barbaric dictatorship and lead Japan—indeed, humanity—toward a brighter future.
The following is a continuation of the preceding chapter and is the final chapter.
The Disease of the Pro-China Faction
China holds 1.1 trillion dollars in U.S. Treasury securities, but if President Trump were formally to designate China an “enemy state,” it would also be possible to freeze them.
If that happened, China would move to confiscate the assets of American companies within its territory.
Even without the use of weapons, this could be described as a complete economic “state of war.”
Because of the Wuhan virus issue and the collapse of the one-country, two-systems framework, the confrontation between the United States and China is moving from a “Cold War” toward a “Hot War.”
Yet there are many elites in Japan who deny this reality.
It might be called the “disease of denial”—the refusal to accept reality.
People for whom rapid social change is inconvenient fall into a state of suspended thought and become unable to accept reality.
This is a form of psychological pathology.
For example, companies that manufacture products in China and sell them in the United States will find that their business model no longer functions.
If business leaders harbor the unrealistic “wish” that “the U.S.-China confrontation is temporary, and everything will return to normal once a more moderate American president takes office,” they are being far too shallow.
However, many leaders of the business community who lacked a broad perspective, became preoccupied with immediate financial gains, and expanded their China-related businesses are suffering from the disease of denial.
The disease of denial is spreading throughout Japanese society, not only in the business community but also among politicians, bureaucrats, and the media.
Underlying this is the reality that pro-China forces are dominant within Japan’s political, business, and bureaucratic establishments.
The country’s leadership is unable to accept the state of the world and cannot decide whether Japan should side with the United States or China.
Indeed, some people still utter the nonsense that Japan can “maintain good relations with both countries.”
By now, the sweet words of “Japan-China friendship” have become an illegal drug used to turn people’s eyes away from realities they do not wish to see.
No matter how beautiful the past may appear, it is nothing more than nostalgia.
For our country to survive, as many Japanese people as possible must break free from the disease of denial.
That awakening will prevent the hegemony of a barbaric dictatorship and lead Japan—indeed, humanity—toward a brighter future.