Yes, Prime Minister of Japan

"Hey, don't be angry. Next time I'll lure the boss out, and I'll help you push your butt."

The two of them, bickering and teasing each other, arrived at a hotel in Nagata-cho.

Li Xinghe was here preparing to attend a banquet. After listening to the recording, he asked Yuedao Nansha:

Do you think our enemies are these clowns?

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Island South Sands: A Brief Reflection

"No...not entirely, right?"

Li Xinghe nodded and said to her:

“That’s right, we’re going to fight against the entire Japanese bureaucratic system. And they’re just trying to disgust me with their own rottenness.”

"then you……"

"Don't worry, I have a way."

Koizumi's month-long turmoil certainly left Li Xinghe with a mess.

But Li Xinghe has to face more than just his own mess. For example, before Li Xinghe left for South Korea, he encountered the inefficient and incompetent government with extremely poor organizational capacity in Japan.

The current move to recruit Chinese civil servants to establish a separate government within Japan is only one part of the response.

Tsukishima Minami and Musashi Hachima began to eat and drink at the banquet, while the main figures of the evening had only just arrived.

Aside from Takei Katsuyuki of Mizuho Financial Group, most of the prominent figures in the financial sector were present. These included Sadako Kudo, Vice President of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation; Naoki Hori, President of Mitsubishi UFJ Bank; and Junichi Hanzawa, a senior executive officer (similar to a president's assistant). Several other bank and insurance group presidents were also present.

When Li Xinghe saw them, he joked:

"Ah, I know you two. You two are the prototypes for Hanzawa Naoki, aren't you?"

Hori Naoki and Hanzawa Junichi looked embarrassed. Because of that lousy TV drama, people were talking about them everywhere they went.

Taking the opportunity, Guo Bun-fun and Wu Ying-ke said to Li Xinghe:

"Koizumi wanted to sell off the social security system, but the public wouldn't buy it, and major financial companies wouldn't help take it over at this time. We all know that those big insurance companies have far too many bad debts."

This is how we show loyalty; we'll listen to you.

In addition to the heads of the financial group, there were also the military industry group departments that Li Xinghe had specially invited.

For example, Hiroshi Ide, the former president of Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries; Seiji Izumizawa of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries; Atsushi Osaki of Fuji Heavy Industries; and people from departments such as Sumitomo Heavy Industries and Kawasaki Heavy Industries.

Finance and military industries—that's the main force attending tonight's banquet.

Li Xinghe took the initiative to invite them to participate in his new economic plan.

He gathered these people together, talked about his economic development plan, and hoped that everyone would contribute money and effort.

Upon hearing Li Xinghe's grand plan, everyone in the financial and military industrial groups perked up their ears. The stingy Japanese government had never been keen on implementing large-scale industrial policies, but this time they finally received a comprehensive new plan from Li Xinghe.

With the new plan about to begin, Li Xinghe drank a lot of alcohol with the group and left the scene somewhat exhausted.

After leaving the banquet, Li Xinghe got into Lao Wu's ride-hailing car, and Wu Jianzhong said in the front:

"You've made a big splash. Now many people know that you've partnered with the financial and military sectors."

“I have ways to shut them up and make them obey my plans.”

Li Xinghe said with a slight disdain:

"I did it. When the US wanted to impose tariffs, could they stop them?"

To put it bluntly, the love from one's father, whether biological or illegitimate, exerts a far stronger external pressure than the internal drive for reform within Japan. This is because Japan's existing system has been operated to an infinitely stable stage; even the government's organizational capacity has been exhausted, leaving it like a lump of mud that won't budge no matter how much you whip it.

"So how will you deal with it?"

Wu Jianzhong looked at the young man with great curiosity.

"Old Wu, are you free? Help me write a report and see if we can teach them a lesson."

"How? By dropping bombs on Japan?"

Fighting with these scoundrels in the mud would only turn him into an idiot like them, so Li Xinghe's choice was to call for reinforcements.

"Could we request that an aircraft carrier strike group conduct exercises to encircle Japan's islands?"

Li Xinghe said.

"what?"

Old Wu in the front row was stunned.

At first glance, this sounds outrageous. The situation in the East China Sea is already very tense, and now they want to add fuel to the fire?

Li Xinghe then said:

"The Japanese Self-Defense Forces will not resist."

……

The process of mobilizing personnel went surprisingly smoothly, because the East China Sea Fleet was already conducting exercises near Taiwan.

Moreover, Li Xinghe's actions of seizing power in Japan and South Korea and attempting to establish a forward fortress state for the United States are indeed a huge provocation against China.

Surrounding the small island was to protect Li Xinghe.

But everyone was happy when Li Xinghe asked the boss for a favor.

Thus, the Shandong aircraft carrier strike group swaggered through the Ryukyu Islands, then along the southern coast of Japan, conducting the first-ever circumnavigation of Japan by a Chinese aircraft carrier strike group, from Kyushu to Shikoku, and then into the waters off the Kanto region, where it conducted military exercises in the open sea, blatantly displaying its military might.

As Li Xinghe said, the Japanese Self-Defense Forces will not actually resist, or at least cannot resist fiercely.

Because the Japanese Self-Defense Forces fleet had just circled around the waters off South Korea, and the ships were currently undergoing maintenance, and the opposing side had a large carrier strike group, while on the Japanese side, there wasn't a single American aircraft carrier in Yokosuka Port.

Japanese officials were secretly shaken, and people were secretly spreading the message: "The Chinese army may be planning to land and attack directly on the Kanto Plain."

Although this is the first time the Chinese have come, will there be a second time?

And who knows what their intentions are?

In the previous confrontation in the East China Sea, they had already extended their controlled area to South Korea's doorstep. What should Japan do if the Chinese land in Tokyo Bay?

The Japanese political scene was thrown into turmoil and everyone was at a loss.

The Japanese media suppressed the news for several days, and the Japanese public was actually largely unaware of it. However, as the United States began to heavily report on the matter, it began to appear serious.

Then the Japanese were stunned:

Why don't the Japanese media say this?

"I only found out from the US media that the Chinese and Russian fleets were conducting island-encircling exercises."

"Where exactly are the US aircraft carriers? Why haven't they been able to send out a single one yet?"

Regardless of the arguments in the past, today we actually saw a Chinese aircraft carrier fleet out of Tokyo Bay, which once again deeply shattered the small vanity in the hearts of the Japanese, making them realize that they are far less powerful than they imagined.

The Chinese military released a new image:

"Surround the island!"

The character for "island" in the image has been stretched, transforming it into a shape resembling the Japanese character for "island".

Commentary from Chinese media may have further fueled the fire:

"Whether it's Taiwan Island or Honshu Island, it's still an island. Just surround it."

He Yang, a Sichuan immigrant and senior colonel in the Ryukyu Self-Defense Forces, jokingly remarked on social media:

"It's just a matter of time now, but it will be more comfortable after a few more visits. Anyway, it's not just the Chinese who are welcoming Japan with open arms."

Because of this statement, Japanese netizens have been hurling insults at He Yang, calling him a "traitor to Japan." However, He Yang was indeed a Chinese immigrant who came during the Ryukyu War. Since he openly said such things, the Japanese Self-Defense Forces had to protect him because they couldn't really command the Ryukyu Self-Defense Forces.

This is a form of psychological intimidation.

At this critical moment, even half of the Japanese people know that there is only one person who always seems to be able to resolve all disputes with great skill.

That's Li Xinghe.

The media found Lee Sung-ha at the Cabinet Affairs Department's press conference.

Li Xinghe announced to reporters:

"I hereby announce to the nation that I, on behalf of the Japan-US Joint Command, will deepen the leadership and formation of the 1st and 2nd Combined Divisions. We will extend an invitation to all those around the world who aspire to join the Japan Self-Defense Forces to join us in the defensive trenches to protect democratic Japan."

Someone asked:

Does this mean that Japan has broken through the limitations of the Japanese Defense Law and has officially possessed its own military for the first time?

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Xinghe affirmed:

"Without a doubt, the US-Japan joint forces are an army. In fact, starting three years ago, Japan already possessed a relatively strong island defense military force. Our coastal combat brigade can be deployed immediately within 10 minutes to defend Tokyo."

Yes, the US-Japan joint forces are indeed an army.

But damn it, there were far more Chinese and Koreans than Japanese inside. Were they the Japanese army?

And whose Tokyo were they actually protecting?

Japanese reporters were exasperated by Li Xinghe's shamelessness.

You still have the nerve to mention your damn Tokyo defense?

Every time they send troops out, doesn't it always end up in the middle of a fierce battle in Tokyo?

Citizens who care about military and political affairs, whether left-wing or right-wing, find it extremely unpleasant, like eating a mouthful of excrement mixed with sugar, and sugar with enoki mushrooms mixed in.

The Japanese right wing has longed for the normalization of the Japanese military ever since Yoshida Shigeru began shaping the right-wing government in the 50s. From the police reserve to the Self-Defense Forces and the Defense Agency, from the lifting of the ban on collective self-defense to the dispatch of the Self-Defense Forces to overseas missions and their stationing in Australia, the Japanese military seems to have been realized in Li Xinghe's hands.

But it's like a devil's contract. The great devil Li Xinghe can indeed fulfill their wishes, but he will never do so in the way that the Japanese right wing expects.

The Japanese right wing wanted military normalization, and Li Xinghe skirted the edges of allowing it. However, the Japanese right wing longed to see an imperial army similar to that of the old Japanese Empire, but Li Xinghe gave them a bizarre multinational coalition army with "more Chinese than Japanese" and "Koreans and Ukrainians dancing together."

In front of reporters, Li Xinghe's words became increasingly outrageous, even bordering on rambling nonsense:

"We also need to militarize the Kanto region! Fortify Tokyo! Build a nuclear war barrier at the Imperial Palace. The new government plans to establish air defense missile bases and radar monitoring bases throughout the Kanto Plain. At the same time, we are considering investing in the construction of more defensive fortresses, recruiting sufficient manpower, and building a large number of ships. The fate of the nation rests on this... cough cough."

Such a sensational strategy left the members of parliament, bureaucrats, and media present speechless.

The Japanese were once again utterly astonished.

Whether Li Xinghe believes his own criticisms is unimportant; what matters is that he dares to say them, and he is incredibly bold, even daring to shout "Tokyo fortification" to intimidate the Japanese people.

what is it now?

Are we really going to let this kid turn the Imperial Palace into a fortified city and transform Tokyo into a fortified metropolis?

Everyone knows that Li Xinghe is leaving a gap in his resume.

So what exactly do you want to do?

The reporters waited patiently.

Li Xinghe has been rambling on for so long that he has finally revealed his real next goal.

He spoke eloquently on stage:

"I will join forces with factions and parties within the party, including the Shishukai, Shigongkai, the Japanese Communist Party, and the Constitutional Democratic Party, to launch a 'Five-Year Plan for Japan's Revitalization.' This plan encompasses a unified leadership mechanism for the US-Japan Allied Forces and the Self-Defense Forces; strategic development of the Kanto, Osaka, and Kyushu defense zones; the introduction of a government efficiency assessment mechanism; the promotion of the possibility of foreign immigrants voting; an investment and construction plan for economic revitalization over the next five years; Japan's infrastructure plan; and the consolidation of the financial center, among other things."

"Five years from now, Japan will be reborn, a new Japan rising from the ashes. We will build a self-defense force with aircraft carriers and fighter jets, we will improve government efficiency again, we will revitalize infrastructure, and we will achieve a higher birth rate. Let's work together."

"applaud."

Lu Yuchi Huayingmei stood firmly on Li Xinghe's side, clapping along with Aso Ayako and the others, leading everyone in giving Li Xinghe a reluctant round of applause.

Even so, the applause was still rather sparse.

The meaning is quite clear: Li Xinghe wants to start afresh and forge his own path.

The politicians were all taken aback by Li Xinghe's remarks.

Because Shigeo Yuchika's Shishikōkai and Asō Ayako's Shikokai are both center-right factions within the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), while the Constitutional Democratic Party is a center-left party and the Japanese Communist Party is an even more staunch leftist, Li Xinghe's statement that he wants to cooperate with these organizations raises the question: could it be that he is preparing to break away from the already weakened LDP and establish a new party?

The media is racking their brains trying to write headlines that won't surprise the public and protect the fragile hearts of the Japanese people.

The Japanese were actually furious.

Just seeing the words "Five-Year Plan" was enough to make people, who were already used to neoliberalism, lose their composure.

They were unaware that Japan had also had similar five-year plans, and simply viewed these 'five-year plans' as a symbol of socialism landing in Japan.

A large number of Japanese citizens felt uneasy: