A Lesson From the Earthquake

On March 11, 2011 a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami occurred in North Japan. It created big disasters there. I would like to say that is a hint from God. God shakes the earth and tells us the consequence of wars in the age with nuclear energy.

1) A nuclear power plant was damaged. Reactors were exploding because cooling systems stopped working. If its core melts down its radiation will pollute the environment in the long-term. At the time I wrote this article workers were racing to set up electricity cable there and hope to solve the problems.

2) There were about 15,000 people who died or were missing in the disaster. Half a million people became homeless and 2.6 million people were without electricity in near freezing weather. 1.5 million people didn’t have running water. In the disaster area people could not buy a bottle of water for six days. The line for food distribution was six blocks long that gave each person one piece of bread per day. It is said at the moment that the Japanese share food automatically as well.

3) Plants and over one hundred percent of the transit system in Tokyo had to run in turns because of the short of energy. In Tokyo people waited for 90 minutes to get into the buses on the first day they returned to work. Shelves in most of the supermarkets were running empty. Officials estimate that the cost of cleanup and rebuilding infrastructure will go up to $180 billion dollars.

Japan is one of the third biggest economic countries in this world. It may be down for another 10 years because of this earthquake. In the middle of the last century Japanese once had a dream of controlling the whole of Asia by militarily attacking the other countries. They had that idea because they have 300 million people living in some islands without resources. Since the means they used was wrong they created hatefulness from other countries. Today they still have a territorial dispute left over from the Second World War. As a looser in the war they were supposed to return the Diao Yu Island to China and they didn’t. As a loser they were supposed to surrender the four islands in the north to Russia and they refuse to.

Before the earthquake their disputes with China and Russia became serious. They captured a Chinese captain of a ship that sailed near Diao Yu Island. They protested against the Russian leader because he visited the four islands in the north of Japan. Russia felt sorry for their reaction and told them to change their way of thinking. The Chinese, changing their mind, ignore Japan’s protesting and develop the Chun Xiao oil resources in the Chinese sea on their own. China once agreed to work with the Japanese together for the oil resources are near the border of these two countries.

Research shows that 80% of Japanese do not like the Chinese because of the disputes over the island. They killed thousands of Chinese and robbed them of a lot of valuable things when they invaded China. That war made China lost billions of dollars and they did not pay a penny of compensation. After committing all those crimes how can they claim that those islands belong to them? Before the earthquake they had military practices frequently with the U.S military’s army to show off their military powers. Their people accused their government of not being strong enough in the territorial dispute. It looks like they don’t mind to get into wars for those islands.
This earthquake gives them an important warning. Their islands where they have nuclear plants cannot sustain bombs. No matter how good the weapons they have are they cannot destroy all their enemies in ten minutes. As long as its enemy fights back they will have trouble like they had in this earthquake. Therefore under no circumstances should they think of military fights though even with the help of the United States. If there are wars they will receive bombs and America will receive cash. This is also a lesson for those two Koreas.

It is very good that Russia told them to change their way of thinking. If they believe they should pay for the damages they created in the Second World War they will be much more humble. Then they have real grounds to talk with the other countries.

It is also good that 80% of Chinese feel sorry for the victims of the earthquake in Japan and hope they can do something for them. Mankind tends to forget their hate due to the disaster created by nature. Our Earth in the universe is so small that mankind living on it is just like living on a small boat in a big ocean. Think about the consequences of people fighting in a small boat on the ocean. I believe the Chinese don’t want wars because their beautiful cities along the sea shores can’t sustain attacks as well.

So the best way is to set up a federal relationship and let these countries become one country a few hundred years later. It just like seven countries combined into a country — China a few thousand years ago. Today the Chinese have the same dream as what the Japanese had in those days but they are using a different means to approach it. That actually is a good idea. Japan has high tech, good management experience and has money. However they have no resources and their people’s average age is getting higher. China has good labors, its system is changing and they are no longer poorer than Japan. These two countries’ cultural background and people’s IQ are the same. If they unite together their surviving conditions will be improved tremendously. The Chinese government obviously hopes all the Asian countries open up to each other and develop together include those with areas in dispute. Their idea might challenge the United State because it will result in Asian countries give up dollars step by step. That is why the United State believes China is their enemy and convinces the other countries to believe this.

Japan should choose a peaceful way to develop itself and give up wars. It had a high level of development after the Second World also because it didn’t have military spending. If the U.S. defense budget is the same amount as what the Chinese and Russians have the U.S can wipe out their 1.4 trillion dollar national debt in a few years. They don’t have to. To solve their financial problem, they create conflicts and sell weapons. Unfortunately, the strongest country in this world has the dirtiest thinking and their attitude influences Japan a lot.

This earthquake did give hints to Japan. If they have enough wisdom they will know what they should do to solve the disputes with China and Russia. Mankind needs to learn how to maintain peace, living thriftily and share resources on the Earth. Our globe needs to feed a population of 7 billion, a 75% increase compared with 35 years ago. Restlessness and instability in the Middle East and Africa recently is all related to joblessness and hunger. Big countries have more responsibly to find new trends for our world. Japan is one of those countries and it is in a key position.

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