24. My Opinion: Latest news and current affairs in Japan and around the world by Peter Yonenaga

You may think that the six major problems I mentioned earlier are serious. But I think everyone has read about the end of the Roman Empire in textbooks.

Also, I think that you've read about the end of the Kamakura Shogunate and the end of the Edo Shogunate in textbooks.

Do you know how many big earthquakes occurred in Japan around 1945? Many of the events I just talked about have happened naturally in the past.

The turning point of the times is when things like this happen without any hesitation. That's why the earth doesn't end. That won't end Japan.

In short, new things are born from here. It was taking such a long time to sort out old things that it's going to be tough from now on.

When I think about the next thing, as I said a lot before, let's reorganize a little. First, before technology, it's philosophy.

In a word, it's ECO. It is a circulation type. Recycling is also related to sustainability. In short, it is sustainable. It means two ways, so it's very important to have a cycle of going and coming back. It is Ecosystem.

Think of the fact that water and oxygen are trapped in the Earth. It is confined in a planet called the earth and circulates continuously. It's much cleaner. It is ECO that we hope to realize this in our own civilization.

As a whole, water and air are much cleaner. Even if you use it, it will become much cleaner. By continuing to do so, the earth is making itself sustainable.

It is the philosophy that people are now hoping about realizing this in our civilization. Then, when we say ECO, the next thing that comes up is sustainability, as well as society in civilization.

Society. It's not an individual. Since the idea of leaving something to an excellent individual has caused major problems, the idea of society will be emerged.

Because of the idea of ECO, we think of a group, not one by one. This is not a socialist and authoritarian society, but a society that is made possible by diverse people, such as environmental diversity.

Therefore, I don't think this idea has shaken any more. Things go according to these ideas and philosophies, so exclude everything that doesn't fit.

For instance, speculative financial markets, unilateral exploitation, someone's monopoly, a market monopoly, feeding or injecting poison are all bad. These will be all eliminated.