Why are the Japanese so bad?

Why do Japanese people have an overly strong sense of crisis?

From a physical geography perspective, Japan is located on the west coast of the Pacific Ocean and is an arc-shaped island country extending from northeast to southwest. The territory consists of four large islands: Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu, and more than 6,800 other small islands. Japan's land area is about 377,800 square kilometers, which is roughly equivalent to our Yunnan Province (Yunnan Province's area: 394,000 square kilometers, ranking eighth among Chinese provinces). The Isthmus has a large population but few resources, and typhoons and tsunamis are very frequent. Earthquakes occur frequently in Japan. About 1,000 felt earthquakes occur every year. It is the country with the most earthquakes in the world. 10% of the world's earthquakes occur in Japan and its surrounding areas. area. Because of this, the Japanese have a profound sense of crisis. From this perspective, Japan is a very poor country.

Cultural scholars from all over the world have various metaphors and hypotheses about the Japanese. For example, there is the "worker bee nation theory", which points out that the Japanese nation is as diligent and organized as worker bees. But Mr. Lin Yutang’s theory of machine nation is the most appropriate and convincing. Japanese, like Made in Japan, are precise, rigid, meticulous, and tireless.

Today, the Japanese only account for 1/50 of the world’s population, but they occupy 1/5 of the world’s wealth.

Japan is located on a narrow island and in an active zone of collision of continental plates. It has been threatened by earthquakes and tsunamis for thousands of years. Therefore, on the one hand, the Japanese take life very lightly and admire the brilliant withering of cherry blossoms; on the other hand, the strong sense of crisis makes the Japanese full of longing for the mainland. Unfortunately, this yearning and contempt for life always make this nation have an animalistic desire for expansion.

The inherent contradictions and tensions of the Japanese nation are also reflected in many other aspects. For example, Japan advocates obedience, but the advantage of "lower overcoming superior" is an important part of Japanese political culture. Therefore, Japan's political and military policies are always full of desperate and crazy adventurous factors, such as the Sino-Japanese War of 1898 with China and the Russo-Japanese War with Russia. ,——The Japanese are always taking risks.

Compared with China’s general hinterland, Japan has almost no hinterland to speak of. Japan is a long and narrow island country consisting of four large islands and some small islands. The straight-line distance between any land and the ocean is no more than 60 kilometers, which is almost equivalent to the range of a long-range cannon.

The tragedy of the Japanese is that God gave it the population of a great country and the strong national will to serve as a great power, but did not give it the territory of a great country.

Japan’s natural resources are mediocre, with too many mountains, too few plains, too many volcanoes, too few mineral deposits, and frequent typhoons and earthquakes. In Japan, the longest river is only 300 kilometers long, while in China, any stream is longer than this. It is conceivable that the Japanese archipelago is strategically restricted by its long, narrow and shallow geographical environment

Japan’s situation is very similar to that of the United Kingdom. However, through the "Geographical Discovery" and a group of explorers, the British immigrated the excess population to the vast Australia, the United States, Canada and other places, changing the situation where the contradiction between man and land was too sharp. But the Japanese chose the path of asking for land and resources from neighboring countries.

According to media reports, Dr. BRUCE ALBERTS, President of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, pointed out in an interview with a reporter from Time Magazine: After the Indonesian earthquake at the end of 2004, the Asia-Pacific plate is becoming more fragile, and earthquakes and Tsunamis will also become more active. In particular, the Japanese archipelago in eastern Asia is already on a "funnel" that may collapse at any time.

The deepest trench in the world is the Mariana Trench (with an average depth of 8,000 meters, only 200 kilometers away from the nearest Japanese archipelago). It is being pushed by the Asian continental plate and the retreat of the Pacific plate. It is expanding toward the northeast, toward the Japanese archipelago in the Pacific Ocean, at a rate of 10 centimeters per year. After this major earthquake, scientists observed that the trench further accelerated its eastward expansion. The Japanese archipelago, which is located at the junction of the Pacific and Asian plates, is undoubtedly on the edge of the deepest funnel in the world! If there are one or two undersea earthquakes like those in Indonesia, it is very likely that except for the Ryukyu Islands in the south, the Japanese archipelago will face catastrophe and slide into a large trench.

Such a terrifying prophecy is tantamount to disaster for the Japanese. Although several different versions of this prophecy have been popular in Japan, it is still necessary for the Japanese to urge their government to be more friendly with its neighbors and less enmity with its neighbors.

The current wealth accumulation of the Japanese is close to the limit. If you want to make progress, it is simply difficult to go further. Japan has suffered from sustained economic recession for more than ten years. Although there are factors related to changes in the international economic situation, it is also an inevitable reflection of the decline of Japan's economy. In addition, international oil prices continue to soar, and the prices of major industrial resources are rising, which brings various ominous signs to Japan's economic recovery.

The current situation in Japan is quite similar to the Japanese economic crisis in the 1920s. The Japanese relied on occupying Northeast China and launching a war against China to get out of the economic crisis. With the current plan, will the Japanese, who are eager to get rid of economic difficulties, repeat their old tricks?

The island nation’s roots, born in an island nation environment, have given the Japanese an overly strong sense of self-identity.

This makes the Japanese so decisive that they divide human beings into two categories: "us" and "them". Except for Japanese, they are non-Japanese. It’s a modern island tribal mentality. Even if the Japanese have introduced a large number of political and economic systems, culture, art, and religious forms from China and the West, they cannot fundamentally change the mentality of the Japanese.

Although this concept of distinction between inside and outside is beneficial to It forms the purest singleness of the Japanese nation and gives rise to a strong national cohesion. However, if this character is taken to the extreme, it will also develop a national character of aloofness, indifference and selfishness. In essence, the root of the island country is a narrow groupism that is unwilling to take responsibility for the world and other countries.

Precisely because of its relatively isolated geographical location, the Japanese had never been conquered by other ethnic groups before 1945. This is unique compared to other major ethnic groups in the world. In particular, the powerful Mongolian regiment collapsed in the Strait of Japan, which strengthened the Japanese's awareness of being invincible. Cultural scientist Ruan Wei pointed out: "A serious consequence of this situation is the Japanese national mentality that they can only win but not lose, and they can only win but not lose. Perhaps this mentality has led to what is called in Japanese textbooks the "Japanese soldiers" Bravery. This may be an advantage under certain circumstances. To a large extent, Japan relies on this national character to achieve economic success. But in other cases, it is a serious disadvantage."

The Japanese national character, which can only win but not lose, makes the Japanese nation lack a profound macro-thinking, let alone a kind of political wisdom that can overcome strength with softness. Often they only know how to move forward, not how to retreat. They only know how to make profits, not how to harmonize with people. They only know about the interests of their own group, regardless of the feelings of others.

At the end of the Pacific War, it was already clear that the Japanese were defeated, but the Japanese military still forced the soldiers on Okinawa to resist. The Japanese continued to implement "one hundred million pieces of jade" and "local decisive battle". This was the direct reason why the Americans decided to use the atomic bomb. Because if we don't do this, the casualties of the US military will be heavy.

The Japanese's rigid mentality of only winning but not losing almost led to genocide.

In international relations, this mentality of the Japanese is also an important reason why the Japanese adopt aloofness and indifference. In the minds of foreigners, the Japanese are conventional, cold and stiff when dealing with other ethnic groups. In contrast, Chinese and Korean people are enthusiastic, lively and cheerful. These all explain to a certain extent why the Japanese have difficulty getting along with their neighbors despite their brilliant economic achievements. Although the Japanese nation's economic achievements are admired by the world, it is difficult for the Japanese to gain the love and respect of other nations.

In terms of economic strength, the Japanese are fully capable of serving as a world leader, but if they insist on their island nation mentality, it will be difficult to exert their political influence. If the Japanese are determined to win in Asia, their expansion power cannot be underestimated.