NOBUNAGA
I'm Japanese. Watching your midterm results roll in on Tuesday night broke my heart. Republicans lost ground. A wave of Muslim and radical leftists just won seats across your country. Since Tuesday, my American friends keep asking me the same question. How did Japan stay Japan? In Tokyo, trains leave on the exact second. Leave your phone on a cafe table, and it is still waiting an hour later. Every year, people in Tokyo turn in over 4 billion yen in lost cash to the police. We didn't keep this by accident. When warships forced Japan open in 1853, our ancestors made a vow. Japanese spirit, Western technique. Take the steel, the railways, and the factories. Leave the self-hatred at the dock. After 1945, leftists tried to make us hate our history. We refused.We never let guilt become a state religion the way your universities did. Nobody taught our kids that our ancestors were evil, or that the family was a crime. Foreigners are still just 3 percent of Japan....