WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:05.520 Alright, next we'd like to invite Master Kai to explain what this 82 to 0 inches in Japan actually means. 00:05.520 --> 00:10.400 We are seeing that Sunei Takaichi is currently facing pressure, as 82 local assemblies across 00:10.400 --> 00:14.880 Japan have submitted petitions to the central government or the Diet, demanding her cabinet 00:14.880 --> 00:19.440 uphold the three non-nuclear principles. This is fundamentally at odds with what Sunei Takaichi 00:19.440 --> 00:23.120 has been aiming to do, and contrary to what her cabinet has been pushing for. 00:24.080 --> 00:28.800 Given this situation, the topic of whether her cabinet might be toppled has become a subject of 00:28.800 --> 00:35.120 discussion. Besides that, while there was always a desire to lean on the United States, 00:35.120 --> 00:42.160 the US dollar currently carries very high risks. Looking at Japan, we see that they've recently 00:42.160 --> 00:48.960 announced plans to mass-produce 1-yen coins again. So, how many are they going to mint? Wow, that's a 00:48.960 --> 00:55.360 lot, 132 million of them. I did a quick check, and 1-yen is roughly 0.2 new Taiwan dollars. 00:55.360 --> 01:02.160 If that's the case, and while everyone is shifting toward electronic payments, 01:02.160 --> 01:03.840 why are they suddenly minting coins? 01:07.040 --> 01:11.760 Right, this just goes to show the massive disconnect between Japanese public opinion 01:11.760 --> 01:15.920 and the defense policies currently being pushed by the Takaichi administration. 01:15.920 --> 01:24.640 Actually, whether it's increasing the military budget or easing past restrictions, 01:24.640 --> 01:29.600 such as sending troops abroad or participating in overseas military operations, 01:29.600 --> 01:35.840 the impact hasn't been that significant yet, so the true public sentiment in Japan hasn't fully manifested. 01:35.840 --> 01:46.640 Ever since Sunei Takaichi came to power, one of her senior military advisors at the prime minister's office 01:46.640 --> 01:50.320 once publicly stated that Japan should develop nuclear weapons. 01:55.360 --> 02:00.800 And recently, the head of her defense agency, who is essentially like a minister of defense, 02:00.800 --> 02:05.840 also publicly stated in an interview that we should abandon the three non-nuclear principles. 02:10.480 --> 02:13.040 Does that mean you are moving toward nuclear armament? 02:14.080 --> 02:19.200 That direction is already very, very clear, and it is happening with great urgency. 02:19.200 --> 02:24.160 When you talk about urgency, first of all, Japan has a pacifist constitution. 02:24.160 --> 02:28.480 Why would you need nuclear weapons? Right, you have a pacifist constitution, 02:28.480 --> 02:32.880 and you have renounced the use of war as a means to achieve national policy goals. 02:32.880 --> 02:35.360 That is the very foundation of your constitution. 02:36.800 --> 02:42.640 Yet, without even amending the constitution, you are pushing for this large-scale militarization, 02:42.640 --> 02:48.160 a new form of militarism, and even advocating for the development or possession of nuclear weapons. 02:50.800 --> 02:55.280 I feel this creates a massive gap between the government and the majority of Japanese 02:55.280 --> 02:59.360 citizens who are accustomed to peace, enjoy it, and desire to keep it. 03:01.040 --> 03:07.440 So, this 82-to-zero vote, I believe, serves as a wake-up call for Japanese politics, 03:07.440 --> 03:12.640 especially for these conservatives in the liberal Democratic Party, particularly the right-wingers. 03:14.000 --> 03:19.760 However, I doubt they will truly take this to heart. They will likely continue to act on their own accord. 03:19.760 --> 03:28.880 In reality, Japan's push for militarization has already drawn strong reactions from mainland China and Russia. 03:32.960 --> 03:38.160 Furthermore, China's economic boycotts against Japan and the embargo on rare-earth elements 03:38.160 --> 03:41.920 have already caused a significant crisis for the Japanese economy. 03:41.920 --> 03:50.800 Even under these circumstances, Jinjiro Kaneko actually suggested abandoning and re-evaluating the 03:50.800 --> 03:55.760 three non-nuclear principles, aiming for the path to becoming a nuclear-armed state. 03:56.320 --> 04:01.920 From this trajectory, you can see just how extreme these far-right Japanese politicians really are. 04:02.560 --> 04:08.000 As for the decision to bring back the 1-yen coin, I really cannot fathom what they are thinking. 04:08.000 --> 04:12.560 It goes against the trends of the times. For example, in Taiwan, I use an easy card 04:12.560 --> 04:15.840 everywhere because I don't want to carry too much loose change in my pockets. 04:15.840 --> 04:20.240 In Taiwan, many vending machines won't even accept 1 or 5 dollar coins anymore. 04:20.240 --> 04:23.040 Here in Taiwan, we really don't use that many coins. 04:24.720 --> 04:29.600 Given how coins are viewed now, you can imagine how conservative the Japanese government is and how 04:29.600 --> 04:33.520 disconnected they are from current mainstream developments by churning out such a massive 04:33.520 --> 04:35.920 quantity of 132 million coins. 04:38.800 --> 04:43.680 Of course, perhaps, how should I put it, perhaps it's because the old coins truly needed to be 04:43.680 --> 04:46.960 replaced, or maybe their service life had simply come to an end. 04:49.680 --> 04:54.160 However, this shows that Japan is not only outdated in its actual practices regarding 04:54.160 --> 04:57.840 currency and payment tools, but also outdated in its very mindset. 04:57.840 --> 05:05.520 Their obsession with the concept of physical currency, still mass producing and churning 05:05.520 --> 05:10.480 it out in such large quantities, is truly disconnected from the mainstream of the current international 05:10.480 --> 05:11.120 society. 05:11.120 --> 05:20.080 So, you can see why Japan, over these years under conservatism, has reached the point it is at today. 05:22.640 --> 05:25.600 It's because their mindset is conservative and stagnant. 05:25.600 --> 05:29.040 They are living in the past, perhaps even the Meiji Restoration era. 05:31.600 --> 05:34.800 Therefore, it's clear that the country's future is not very bright. 05:34.800 --> 05:42.560 Next, we will ask General Chong about the situation between Trump and Iran, because what has Trump said now? 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