Asahi Shimbun compares Japan unfavorably with “diverse Brazil,” yet Brazilians themselves would be astonished by such thinking.
Civilization does not turn where its conditions are absent, and even if it were to turn in Brazil, it would be 170 years in the future.

2016-08-09
But I have also stated many times that this would be a matter of 170 years in the future.
If editorials that criticize and demean Japan by saying “as compared with the diversity of Brazil, island-nation Japan is…” were published in large headlines on the front page of the 朝日新聞, the Brazilian people themselves would surely be astonished if they knew of it.
It goes without saying that not a single Brazilian holds such a foolish idea.
In virtually every respect, almost all Brazilians think that they want to become like Japan, want to be a country like Japan, and must be such a country.
There is not a single Brazilian who thinks in the manner of Shibata.
When the world says that after Japan come 中国 and インド, readers will recall that I have written that in these countries “The Turntable of Civilization” will not turn, and that I clearly explained the reasons for this for the first time in the world, and that if it were to turn anywhere, it would be in ブラジル, where poverty alone is the issue.
But I have also stated many times that this would be a matter of 170 years in the future.
To be continued.