Before the general election, the Asahi Shimbun argued that “Japan should learn from Poland,” in a column written by its often-incoherent special editorial writer Masayoshi Tominaga. The author notes that Tominaga was previously removed by the Asahi for posting outrageous and false tweets against Prime Minister Abe—even in French—and urges readers to recognize the low quality of such commentary. The true issue of the election is the confrontation between the Finance Ministry’s tax-hike doctrine and Abe’s belief in revenue growth through economic revitalization, making Tominaga’s Poland comparison irrelevant and misguided.

The Asahi Shimbun, ahead of the upcoming general election, has now begun saying, “Let us learn from Poland.”
The one who wrote this was their always-incomprehensible special editorial writer, Masayoshi Tominaga.

Just the other day, this man posted an outrageous and utterly false tweet criticizing Prime Minister Abe—not only in Japanese but even in French—and Asahi publicly announced in print that they had removed him.
Japanese citizens who still subscribe to the Asahi Shimbun should finally realize that they have been believing such childish and malicious commentaries written by this kind of man.

He analyzed Abenomics from the Communist Party’s perspective and claimed that the main issue of the general election was whether the historical view upheld by Abe—which differs from that of the Asahi Shimbun—should be accepted.
That is wrong.
This election is about the confrontation between the foolish Ministry of Finance, which insists that revenue can only be increased through tax hikes, and Abe’s theory that tax revenue increases through economic revitalization.

Unable to understand any of this, Tominaga suddenly says, “Let us learn from Poland, a nation whose people choose their country’s future.”
The Japanese have already chosen the Democratic Party once, as recommended by the Asahi, and nearly ruined the nation.
Having learned from that, the people are now choosing a proper political party.
There is no need to imitate Poland.

If we are to learn anything from that country, it is its history of being repeatedly destroyed by malicious neighboring nations—three times.
What we want to learn is how to deal with malicious neighbors like China and Korea.

(December 18, 2014 issue)

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