Japan : A Model of Peace and Positivity

PER ARDUA AD ASTRA to reach a height, one must tolerate some degree of lowliness. This is the law of the world. Those who adapt to this law of the world succeed in God’s creation, while those who refuse to comply are destined to fail and subsequently blame others for their ruin in vain. PER ARDUA AD ASTRA When the spirit of reconstruction, marked by positive action, takes root, it inevitably paves the way for success. Conversely, when a mindset of protest and complaint, driven by negative reaction, arises, it leads only to further destruction. An English scholar, Mr Ian Nish, travelled to Japan. He lived there for eleven years, learned the Japanese language, and conducted an in-depth study of the Japanese people. He subsequently published the results of his research in a 238page book titled The Story of Japan. The author writes: What has most profoundly impacted the life of the Japanese nation is not politics but the great Kanto earthquake. On September 1, 1923, the tremendous shocks of the earthquake devastated eastern Japan, which was the most densely populated area. The second man-made earthquake was Japan’s defeat in 1945 when two atomic bombs turned two of Japan’s largest cities into piles of rubble. If an earthquake inspires a mindset of reconstruction, it can become a staircase to new development. In contrast, if the quake only evokes feelings of deprivation and frustration, it