This chapter argues that Japan’s future depends on whether it aligns with a strong anti-China strategy at the moment of Trump’s expected late-October visit. Drawing on Samuel Huntington’s view that Japanese civilization is entirely distinct from Chinese civilization, the essay warns against the scenario in which Japan—unable to decide its stance—ultimately sides with China and faces destruction, as predicted in The Clash of Civilizations. The author analyzes Trump’s global strategy: eliminating DEI domestically, avoiding conflict with Russia, pursuing Middle Eastern diplomacy, isolating Iran, securing rare earth resources, and building a structure to isolate China. For Japan to survive and thrive, the next prime minister must understand this worldview. A Takaichi administration could realize a “Taka–Tora Summit” and end Japan’s vulnerability to pro-China and pro-immigration policies.

This is a continuation of the previous chapter.
This essay again proves that Takayama Masayuki is the one and only journalist, scholar, and writer in the postwar world.

Japan’s Position
Trump is scheduled to visit Japan at the end of October.
If Takaichi is the new prime minister at that time, there will be no problem, but what will happen?
Under a Komeito-led government, meaningful discussion would be impossible, and under a Constitutional Democratic Party administration led by Noda, Japan would simply walk the path to ruin.
Trump appears to have studied Samuel Huntington’s The Clash of Civilizations thoroughly.
Huntington wrote that “Japanese civilization is the eighth civilization, completely different from Chinese civilization.”
For example, historian Arnold Toynbee once said that “Japanese civilization is merely an appendix to Chinese civilization.”
The president of Nitori rejoices, claiming that “the Japanese gained intelligence because Chinese blood entered them,” but the Chinese possess neither intelligence nor common sense.
It is obvious that Japanese people and Chinese people have no blood ties.
Because the Japanese disliked the Chinese for their greed and their tendency to deceive, they were delighted by Huntington’s argument that Japan is “separate from China.”
This is why the book became an unprecedented bestseller.
In its final chapter, the book boldly predicts the coming of a “Third World War.”
In summary: China and Islam join hands and confront the white Western nations.
The West recognizes the Greek Orthodox Church as equal to Catholicism, brings Russia into its camp, defeats China, and drives it back behind the Great Wall.
This is a desirable outcome, but the problem is Japan.
Huntington predicts that Japan, unable to decide its stance, will ultimately side with China—a decision almost impossible to believe.
Japan will become China’s shield, be beaten even more severely than in the last war, and perish.
Will the “Taka-Tora Summit” be realized?
Although the conclusion is depressing, Huntington does offer a prescription for preventing Japan from ending up this way.
He warns that “if white nations fight among themselves, the Chinese will seize the opportunity to dominate the world.”
Therefore, he advises: stop quarreling with Russia and reconcile with it; the United States should approach Arab nations and sever China’s ties with the Islamic world; and Japan must be pulled away from China.
Looking at Trump, he is eliminating DEI domestically, restraining the Russia-hating neocons, easing Russia’s resentment internationally, and trying to stop white nations from fighting each other.
Securing Ukraine’s rare earths also has significance.
He is likewise attempting to secure Greenland, for the same reason: to thwart China’s ambition to dominate the world through rare earth resources.
Trump also dislikes Iran, which mediates between China and the Islamic world.
Thus, he is working to cut China’s ties with the Middle East.
Holding intentional meetings in Saudi Arabia and strengthening relations with the region are part of this effort.
By doing so, he isolates Iran and induces Russia to restrain NATO, pushing toward an end to the war in Ukraine.
To isolate China, the United States must draw Russia, the Middle East, and Japan to its side.
It was once the United States that drove a wedge between Japan and China.
It is unclear to what degree Trump understands this history, but judging by current developments, Trump appears to be acting in accordance with his reading of The Clash of Civilizations.
The new prime minister must understand that this is how Trump thinks and lead Japan in the proper direction.
If Takaichi becomes prime minister, the “Taka-Tora Summit” will indeed be realized.
Japan has had enough of being jerked around by pro-China policies and immigration policies.
The Japanese people are fed up with power struggles that leave the nation’s citizens behind.