Japan’s Wet Dreams of Re-Militarization Lead to GDP Collapse
Posted by feww on August 14, 2014
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GLOBAL CONFLICTS FOR NATURAL RESOURCES & ‘STRATEGIC ADVANTAGE’
ECONOMIC COLLAPSE
POVERTY
SCENARIOS 717, 444, 300, 222, 047, 031, 04, 02
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None has harmed Japan more than its outgoing ‘American’ PM, Shinzo Abe (with the exception of the dead emperor)
To pay for re-militarization and a major armament campaign Japan’s ‘American’ PM, Shinzo Abe, raised the consumption tax from 5 to 8 percent in April.
Abe’s handlers have instructed him to buy even more arms next year, thus he plans an additional tax hike of 2 percent in October 2015.
“Gross domestic product plunged 6.8% on an annualized basis in the second quarter this year, the biggest fall since the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami,” said a report.
The average consumer simply couldn’t afford to the additional 3% tax hike.
In reality, most food items have seen a price hike of 8% since April. The greedy Japanese supermarkets have added 8% to the price of their goods, instead of the actual tax rise of 3%, pocketing the difference in the confusion. They don’t consider the average Japanese consumer smart enough to know the difference.
Wages dropped 1.8% while the sales tax rose 3% leading to a 5.2% QoQ collapse—the highest on record—in Consumer Spending during the second quarter, thanks to Abenomics.
Abe Makes a Mockery of The Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution
The Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution (日本国憲法第9条 Nihonkokukenpō dai 9-jō?) is a clause in the National Constitution of Japan that prohibits an act of war by the state. The Constitution came into effect on May 3, 1947, immediately following World War II. In its text, the state formally renounces war as a sovereign right and bans settlement of international disputes through the use of force. The article also states that, to accomplish these aims, armed forces with war potential will not be maintained, although Japan maintains de facto armed forces, referred to as the Japan Self-Defense Forces.
Related Links
- Japan Commemorates Day of ‘Collective Punishment’ Posted on August 6, 2014
Fire Earth 
Junko S. said
Shinzo Abe and the gangs of elites that run my country all suffer from acute psychosis, partly caused by penis envy. And they wont rest until they drop an atom bomb on another country.
feww said
FIRE-EARTH Moderators believe that Japan PM Abe’s total lack of common sense and his abject failure in political leadership were instrumental in provoking the terrorists to carry out their heinous crimes.
With that being said, we strongly condemn the ISIL terrorists for the reported murder of the two Japanese, and the ongoing slaughter of thousands of Kurds, Iraqis (including Sunni, Shi’a, Yazidi and other minorities), and Syrians.
We also condemn unequivocally the ethnic cleansing of Rohingya people by Myanmar’s Buddhist elite, as well as Japan’s continued financial support to that country.
Michael R. said
Japan’s Double Standards on Dealing with Terrorism
The infamous Buddhist monk from Burma (Myanmar), U Wirathu [aka, “The Face of Buddhist Terror,”] is once again on the news, calling the UN envoy Ms. Yanghee Lee a “bitch” and a “whore,” after she criticized a bill opposed to interfaith marriage and religious conversions.
“I am deeply concerned that if passed, these four bills will legitimize discrimination, in particular against religious and ethnic minorities, and against women,” Ms. Lee said in the release.
She also described the living conditions of the displaced Rohingya in refugee camps as “abysmal.”
The monk is one of the key players in the 969 movement, described as “Myanmar’s ‘neo-Nazi group,'” responsible for the massacres of Rohingya minority.
In 2012, about “180 were killed and over 100,000 Rohingyas made homeless in two bouts of ethnic cleansing.”
http://www.economist.com/news/asia/21574506-sectarian-violence-was-not-supposed-be-part-myanmars-bright-new-direction-when-lid-blows
“Most of Burma’s 1.3 million Rohingya live under apartheid-like conditions in Rakhine state.”
http://www.independent.ie/world-news/monk-stands-by-sexist-comments-30929436.html
According to Tun Khin, the President of the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK), as of 28 June 650 Rohingyas have been killed, 1,200 are missing, and up to 140,000 people have been displaced.
http://www.unhcr.org/51b1af0b6.html
A major contributor of financial aid to Burma, Japan has never condemned what UNCHR calls “crimes against humanity,” the massacres and rapes perpetrated against the Rohingya by the Buddhist majority, let alone threatening to withdraw the support despite the ongoing violence …
Larry B. said
People who look the other way when they see evil is committed are just as guilty as the person(s) committing the act. There are no ifs or buts!
[Of course, I’m hoping that the Japanese are NOT secretly funding the ethnic cleansing of Rohingya in Myanmar.]
Pat W. said
Once again Abe’s kamikaze politics and aggressively obtuse diplomacy backfires, killing a Japanese citizen (for now) and possibly resulting in a condemned terrorist being released.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2015/01/24/379587117/japan-vows-to-continue-efforts-to-free-hostages-from-isis
Let me also congratulate the brain-dead Japanese elite for standing by their emotionally castrated “man” despite the liability for the world, and the harm he continues to bring on his nation.
Terence said
Does the reported beheading of a second Japanese male somehow help alleviate Shinzo Abe’s “penis envy anxiety?”
Julius said
Render unto China the things that are China’s …
It’s no longer a matter of hubris, it’s f***king criminal insanity.
Irate observer said
Japan approves record 4.98 trillion yen defense budget
The new budget represents a 2.8% rise from the previous fiscal year. It marks the third year of increased spending after a decade of cuts.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-30808685
BM said
How can you reason with psychopaths?
kabukiman said
Fire Earth,
Once again your forecasts and analysis about Japan, its warmonger PM, his disastrous economics (and his true intentions), have proven dead accurate!