Economic commentary shaped by GHQ-era indoctrination and pseudo-moralism lacks any concept of national interest. Allowing such media—and those influenced by it—to guide Japan’s economy is profoundly dangerous.

2016-05-03

Japan’s economic discourse, long dominated by Asahi Shimbun and shaped by minds devoid of any pursuit of national interest, has remained under GHQ-era indoctrination. Japanese thinking has been trampled by Asahi’s superficial moralism.

In an international society sustained by strategy and power, where every country other than Japan acts to pursue its national interest, such thinking holds no meaning whatsoever.

Media outlets such as Asahi Shimbun and Nikkei, which lack any concept of national interest—and which are strongly suspected of being manipulated by China and South Korea—should never be allowed to speak on the economy of Japan, the world’s second-largest economic superpower.

Above all, it is extremely dangerous for the top executives of institutions such as Mitsubishi UFJ Bank to comment on Japan’s economy with minds formed by subscribing to these newspapers.