2024/03/20

In other words, they will exploit the flaws in Japan’s Constitution.
You say you are a humanities student at the University of Tokyo, yet do you not even understand that you should learn from Germany and refrain from saying or doing anything that would lend credibility to the opposition, which calls for the overthrow of the government in alliance with the Communist Party?
That is what Germany’s Constitution prohibits.
August 10, 2020
It is well known that the current increase in infections originated in host clubs and other entertainment establishments in Kabukicho, Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo.
Regarding the first increase in infections, which led to the declaration of a state of emergency and dealt a major blow to Japan’s economy, the text cites a K-1 event held at Saitama Super Arena.
It states that an organization formed by people connected with Chongryon held the event in a vast enclosed space with 6,000 spectators, ignoring repeated requests from the national government and the governor of Saitama Prefecture to cancel it.
〔This passage was written as one long sentence, so it was divided into units of meaning for translation.〕
It is well known that the event was held at a host club in Kabukicho, Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo.
〔The connection with the K-1 event mentioned immediately before this is unnatural, and it is not possible to determine what this sentence refers to.〕
It is also well known that no one considers those who operate host clubs and other adult entertainment establishments in Kabukicho, Shinjuku Ward, to be genuine Japanese.
This is an incident that could not occur in any country other than Japan.
All those plotting to bring disaster upon Japan know the weaknesses of Japan’s Constitution.
In other words, they will exploit the flaws in Japan’s Constitution.
China’s malicious attitude toward the Senkaku Islands symbolizes this.
〔In this sentence, the same adjective meaning “malicious” is repeated in the English text.〕
When the Wuhan virus emerged, Yuriko Koike donated large quantities of Tokyo’s precious stockpiles of medical protective clothing and masks to China under the guise of aid.
This time, Koike did nothing to prevent the spread of infection other than appear at press conferences before television cameras wearing a different mask each time.
〔The latter half of this sentence contains an unnatural repetition concerning masks and an expression meaning “transfer by television,” and cannot be reconstructed precisely.〕
The seriousness of Yuriko Koike’s false account of her academic background and the seriousness of the coverage by the Asahi Shimbun and NHK are difficult to express in words.
〔The end of this sentence says “for some reason, did not mention,” but the object specifying what was not mentioned is missing, so it cannot be reconstructed precisely.〕
The media mentioned above did not criticize Koike’s announcement of the number of infections.
The media mentioned above disregard the fundamental duty of journalism and frequently conduct arbitrary opinion polls.
〔The passage translated as “the fundamental duty of journalism” appears in English as the unnatural expression “the main text of journalism,” and was translated according to the context.〕
Those who now want to prevent the dissolution of the House of Representatives and a general election are the opposition parties, led by the Constitutional Democratic Party.
Outside the media mentioned above, it is well known that Shinzo Abe has risked his life to rebuild Japan.
『The Turntable of Civilization』 will become a manifestation of divine providence in this country.
Prime Minister Abe did his best to prevent the spread of the Wuhan virus.
Even an elementary school pupil can understand that there is a world of difference between Japan and the West in the numbers of deaths and infections.
I would like to say the following to Mariko Bando, a humanities graduate of the University of Tokyo, who recently appeared on a television news program in Tokyo and praised Chancellor Merkel.
〔The English wording concerning praise for Prime Minister Abe can also be read as “did not intentionally praise him,” and it is not possible to determine whether it means that she deliberately avoided praising him.〕
Of course, you know that Merkel is the leader of the CDU.
First, in Germany, “primary elections are generally combined with proportional representation, and political parties therefore play an extremely important role in elections.
〔The supplied English text says “primary elections.”
This wording alone does not establish which electoral system was referred to in the Japanese original.〕
Consequently, candidates who do not belong to a political party rarely gain parliamentary seats, and parties also play an extremely important role in selecting candidates.”
There were only eight chancellors in postwar Germany: Adenauer (CDU), Erhard (CDU), Kiesinger (CDU), Brandt (SPD), Schmidt (SPD), Kohl (CDU), Schröder (SPD), and Merkel (CDU).
With the exceptions of Erhard and Kiesinger, CDU leaders have held office for fourteen years in Adenauer’s case, from 1949 to 1963; sixteen years in Kohl’s case, from 1982 to 1998; and sixteen years in Merkel’s case, from 2005 to the present.
〔The text is dated August 10, 2020, but the statement “sixteen years, from 2005 to the present” is inconsistent with that date.
The figures in the published text have been retained in this translation.〕
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Abe can be said to be doing the best work in history.
It is also well known that the second Abe administration constitutes his longest period in office as prime minister.
He took office as prime minister on December 26, 2012.
In other words, from 2013 to the present, he has served for only seven years.
Mariko Bando, if you are a humanities graduate of the University of Tokyo, you should know that Adenauer’s fourteen years, Kohl’s sixteen years, and Merkel’s sixteen years as chancellor are the source of their greater presence in the international community.
It is the minds of humanities graduates of the University of Tokyo that cannot even understand Prime Minister Abe’s extraordinary abilities, despite his having become the most acclaimed prime minister in the world while serving for less than half as long as Merkel.
Why?
Probably because most humanities professors at the University of Tokyo are fools with a self-denigrating view of history.
But, Mariko Bando, if you consider, even for a moment, your background as a humanities graduate of the University of Tokyo,
〔This passage is worded unnaturally in English as “consider a humanities graduate of the University of Tokyo as a career,” and its connection with the following quotation cannot be reconstructed precisely.〕
“Please follow Merkel’s example and do your best over the next nine years to resolve the national crisis that has befallen Japan.
Please follow Merkel’s example.”
You must say the following.
“Please follow Merkel’s example and do your best over the next nine years to resolve the national crisis that has befallen Japan.
Follow Merkel’s example.
Learn from Germany.”
〔The quotation marks in the supplied English text are mismatched, so the translation follows the identifiable units of meaning.〕
Only a stable, long-term government like Germany’s can overcome the current national crisis.
Do you want to show us that you are a humanities student at the University of Tokyo who does not understand the importance of learning from Germany?
〔The next sentence discusses words and actions that lend credibility to the opposition, which calls for the overthrow of the government together with the Communist Party, as well as Germany’s Constitution; however, the expression “That is not to say or do anything” connects unnaturally with the surrounding text and cannot be reconstructed precisely.〕
The Asahi is probably worse than NHK.
It is no mere coincidence that China is accelerating its efforts to seize the Senkaku Islands, seemingly in proportion to their bizarre reporting of inaccurate infection figures.
The essay by Shi Ping that I translated into English yesterday and the final chapter to be released to the world today were inspired by the historical work 『Chinese Characteristics』.
This book was written by Arthur H. Smith, an American missionary who spent more than twenty years in China, even longer than Tadao Umesao.
Arthur H. Smith’s historical work 『Chinese Characteristics』 inspired Shi Ping, an outstanding man born in China.
As a result, his essay also became a historical treatise.
It is self-evident that China, whose reality they have elucidated, is conducting propaganda operations directed at media such as the Asahi and NHK, opposition politicians such as those of the Constitutional Democratic Party, so-called intellectuals, the left-controlled Japan Federation of Bar Associations, and so-called civic groups.
〔The English says “propaganda against these organizations,” so the relationship with the intended targets cannot be established as the wording of the Japanese original.〕
Although China and South Korea are the only two countries in the world that want to overthrow the Abe administration,
in Japan, newspapers such as the Asahi Shimbun, television media such as NHK, and the organizations mentioned above continue to advocate the overthrow of the Abe administration.
The bizarre reporting on the increase in infections and their attitude of not reporting on a situation in which China could land on the Senkaku Islands as early as tomorrow are no exaggeration.
〔This sentence has an unnatural structure in which the “reporting” and “attitude” are described as “no exaggeration,” and its precise meaning cannot be determined.〕
The only people who think there is no connection between China and their attitude are those represented by Mariko Bando, a humanities graduate of the University of Tokyo.
〔The English idiom “sitting ducks” normally means “defenseless people who are easy targets,” but its intended meaning in this context cannot be determined.〕
In other words, Kukai and Nobunaga, who live in our time, loudly proclaim to Japan and the world that those people are the worst fools for Japan.
〔In the final English sentence, the pronoun indicating who “the worst fools” are is ambiguous, so the translation follows the surrounding context.〕