Because unscrupulous people have gained power, many fraudulent phenomena are occurring.
The Nikkei Stock Average is said to have risen by 85% in one year. A year ago, it was 38,000 yen.
This result is due to the artificial inflating of certain semiconductor stocks. Overall, it’s fair to say that many stocks are down. This is by no means an average stock price. I strongly feel that everything has become a scam. As many people say, life was more prosperous when the Nikkei average was 10,000 yen. Now, the polarization has only intensified even further. If this stock market rally were genuine, everyone in the city would be smiling and cheerful. But the reality seems to be quite the opposite.
I’m neither right-wing nor left-wing, and I don’t support any particular political party. I’m just an ordinary citizen, but lately I’ve been feeling a strong sense of unease about various things. And it seems that the main job of politicians is to raise stock prices. If they can achieve that, their approval ratings will rise.
It’s because of inflation, the weak yen, it’s because it’s cheap… There are all sorts of reasons being given, but it just seems like people are finding convenient excuses.
Recently, a couple of friends who live in Australia came to visit. We talked for about eight hours over dinner, and we confirmed that similar problems are occurring in every country.
What is economics???

To put it simply, two countries went to war. Then they demanded a ceasefire. And now it looks like Japan will be giving a huge amount of money for reconstruction. Why should Japan have to bear part of that reconstruction cost? It makes no sense.

We see daily decisions that are difficult to understand, such as massive investments in other countries. Within Japan, there are children who are so poor they can’t afford food, and they are being supported by volunteer work.

Why do we have to pay around 800,000 yen in Tariffs? I’ve reached the limit of my anger.

The lotus flowers at Kyoto Botanical Garden hadn’t bloomed yet.