Yes, Prime Minister of Japan

The production supervisor asked Utada Hikaru to help translate, and then they went about their own business.

The big star is wandering around in a small mountain valley.

Here you'll find a mountain road developed during the era of Kakuei Tanaka; though narrow, it's still relatively well-maintained. At the road's intersection are guesthouses and hot springs. The local industries consist mainly of farming, logging, and tourism. However, due to the high mortality rate among the elderly, the tourism industry has been neglected and is gradually declining.

The arrival of new immigrants can actually boost the tourism and logging industries, rather than relying entirely on agriculture.

At the village meeting that evening, the production supervisor assigned tasks: some people went to restore farmland, and others went to repair the hot spring resort.

In less than two days, the newly renovated village and hot spring resort reopened.

The roadside parking lot has seen a significant increase in customers. The hot spring shop operates during the day and a language school at night, getting back on track.

After going through a standard regional revitalization process, Utada Mitsuteru revealed her identity, ending her two-day tour of the agricultural reclamation station. She sang songs with the locals and then said goodbye.

Heading south from Numata City on your way back to Tokyo, you'll stumble upon a small Buddhist temple with a golden roof in Maebashi City.

This Buddhist temple is very small. Although it has a golden roof, it is as narrow as a public toilet by the roadside. The courtyard is extremely cramped. Inside, a man is kneeling and chanting sutras while striking a fish. Outside, many believers are burning incense and worshipping Buddha.

The driver told Utada Hikaru:

"That is Quanxin Temple, the temple of Abbot Quanxin. It is said that he was dedicated to studying Buddhism, so the entire temple could only accommodate him."

"That's amazing!"

Originally, Quanxin planned to build a large temple, but because so many people came to invite him to come out of seclusion and drove Li Xinghe away, he built the temple so small that it could only accommodate one person, so that he could close the door to visitors.

After taking a trip to the north, Utada Hikaru returned to Tokyo and saw many people protesting by pointing at the Cabinet Office on the roadside.

All of this is naturally due to the official launch of credit line loans by Sally Group, a technology unicorn controlled by Li Xinghe.

It's basically the Japanese version of Alipay.

"Sally's Sunshine Credit Limit?"

By leveraging Alipay's technology, the group officially began operating this microfinance model to replace the negative impact of the disappearance of the gang.

But the average Japanese person seeing this scene only had one feeling: that Li Xinghe had gone to great lengths to bring down all the gangsters and drown the Yakuza leaders in the sea in order to take away their microfinance business.

He wants to monopolize the national microcredit business!

The public protested loudly:

"When the yakuza fall, the Taiko feasts!"

"When it comes to being ruthless, no one can surpass Taiko!"

Occasionally, Japanese Christians would come over and shout a few words:

"You damn monster, come out here!"

Utada Hikaru also got caught up in the incident on the roadside and managed to get a cup of Mixue Ice Cream milk tea as a donation.

Before long, Cabinet Special Forces stormed in from the Imperial Palace, and the protesting crowd scattered immediately. Utada Hikaru was taken to the Special Forces Headquarters for investigation because she had taken Mixue Ice Cream milk tea.

"You're that big singing star? You didn't deliberately join an anti-cabinet organization, did you?"

After explaining that the surveillance footage proved she was indeed just passing by when she was pulled inside, the Cabinet Special Forces let her leave.

I also gave her a cup of Luckin Coffee.

"For no reason at all..."

The big star had no idea what Japan was like; it seemed chaotic yet orderly.

After spending half a day wandering around Tokyo, she was swept up by a tour group and ended up in Yokohama.

"Japan's First Aircraft Carrier Open Day for Tourists!"

The tour guide gave an enthusiastic explanation.

While it appears to be an aircraft carrier tourism project to supplement the lack of maintenance funds, the plan to temporarily transform it into a tourist destination also allows more aircraft carrier design experts to mingle with the refit workers and immerse themselves in the carrier like a sponge, absorbing the essence of the great aircraft carrier designed by the United States at its peak in the last century.

At the Nimitz refit site, where crowds thronged, the American engineers and guards on board found it even harder to cope with the influx of ordinary people boarding the ship for a tour.

They stopped several people who wanted to enter the construction area:

"Stop! Who are you?"

These people deliberately said:

"Jili guala gula~"

"What did you say? I don't understand."

It sounds like Japanese, but it's not at all.

However, the American guards couldn't tell the difference and had no choice but to let them pass.

Seeing this, Xiao Chuzhang and Hu Zhantian on the ship started a discussion:

"Isn't this a bit too arrogant? We've brought in almost more experts from China than the Japanese team. They can't speak Japanese at all; they can only babble incoherently to fool the guards."

Hu Zhantian shrugged silently.

"Whose fault is that? Who told these Japanese experts to be so useless? They dawdle on the Nimitz all day and still can't figure anything out. It would be better to just let our own people do the design drawings and modification plans. The boss requires that the construction drawings for the Shinano and the modification drawings for the Nimitz be finalized within three months, so we can only use our own people."

And there are even more jokes about Japanese factories that are small in scale but large in reality:

"You haven't heard anything even more ridiculous. The new fighter jet development project of Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Fuji Heavy Industries, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries reportedly spent four months creating F-15 modification blueprints, which turned out to be an ugly pile of shit. The boss threw them down the toilet, and then the Cabinet Office's drainpipes were clogged. In the end, he sent Boeing's F-15EX proposal to the project team and gave them a thorough dressing down. Last month, they had no choice but to invite a team of experts from Shenyang Aircraft Industry Group to come here for technical guidance."

"Didn't they say Korean Air offered a decent solution?"

"They did give it to us, but that plan... well, it was rejected by the Japanese project team because it contained too many Korean parts. It was practically just a KF21 with two Japanese F100 aircraft engines replaced. The modification was so crude that it would have problems even without a wind tunnel test. The Japanese project team suspected that the Korean project team was deliberately sabotaging the deal and stealing business."

Who could resist such a pair of seemingly derogatory "Sleeping Dragon" and "Young Phoenix"?

Hu Zhantian sighed:

"It is said that part of the J-31B production team came. They really liked the two high-thrust F110-GE-129 aero engines. They first went to examine the performance and parameters of the Japanese-made F110 aero engine. It is said that they were fascinated by the engine for two days. Then they came out and cursed the Japanese aircraft designers as 'big idiots' for not being able to make good designs even with such good engines."

The F110 series aircraft engine was a top-of-the-line product from the peak of American technology. It achieved the ultimate in versatility, modifiability, and cost, and remains a world-class product to this day.

The Americans grow such excellent peaches, yet Japan obtained the complete production technology. Even the Japanese designers wouldn't eat them, which really made the team from Shenyang laugh in exasperation.

If Shenyang Aircraft Corporation and Chengdu Aircraft Corporation had such a solid foundation when they were developing fighter jets, they would have already made great strides. Why would they have spent their days studying Russian-made engines and exhausting their energy on small screws?

There is a common misconception that the United States has been restricting Japan's military development and crippling Japan's combat capabilities.

This is actually unfair to the United States.

The United States has always hoped that Japan could recover and become the same as it was during World War II, at least in order to counterbalance China. Therefore, it has always been very generous in providing technology.

As a result, while Japanese military industrial enterprises received advanced technology transfers from the United States and were able to manufacture military aircraft engines, liquid rockets, and even enriched uranium, Japan's military research institutes and arms companies were born to be wasteful.

From the self-made, rubbish F3 Shinshin, attack helicopters, and reconnaissance aircraft, to the series of failed rocket launches, and then to the Type 20 pistol and the leaky Type 10 tank, it's fair to say that there were few good projects and a lot of bad ones. Is Mei still thinking about you, Lin Zaizai...?

The Type 16 wheeled assault gun tank is lightweight, has sufficient firepower, and is highly mobile; it is probably the only good thing Japan has done in recent years.

Frankly speaking, if there wasn't a real reason to execute the stupid engineers at Mitsubishi, Fuji, Kawasaki, and Harima Heavy Industries, Li Xinghe would have liked to send them all to Hokkaido to farm.

Below, Utada Hikaru and many tourists watched as the Maritime Self-Defense Force officers approached, and then stood up in front of a giant ship girl with a huge navel and buttocks.

"Nimitz-chan? What's that?"

The Self-Defense Force officer introduced the following to everyone:

"Haven't you played Azur Lane? It's the most popular ship girl mobile game in Japan. We've already contacted the company there and decided to ask them to design a brand new ship girl character for the USS Nimitz for use during maintenance and when it's open to tourists."

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force has a particular fondness for Azur Lane, even designing armbands for Azur Lane ship girls to wear. Of course, that was a controversial issue, and it was later discovered that it also involved the domestic distributor, Yostar.

Many longtime anime and manga fans protested:

"Um...isn't the original Japanese ship girl mobile game Kantai Collection (KanColle)? This game is from China, right?"

The Maritime Self-Defense Force officers were dissatisfied.

Why bring up something you shouldn't talk about?

Is Kantai Collection (KanColle) big enough?

They refused on the spot:

"It's not well-designed enough."

Veteran anime fans protested even more, "Is your nipples not big enough? You bunch of nipples aliens!"

While the coalition forces were busy inviting experts, studying the Nimitz repair plan, and advancing the design of the Shinano, and while the design team in Shenyang had already begun researching and improving the F-15 for the Nimitz's steam catapult, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force was busy pushing forward its own ship girl project.

The female tourists, looking at so many anime-style ship girls, could only blush and mutter a comment:

"Down."

In short, everyone has a bright future.

Chapter 767: The Japanese all adopted Han surnames, and seven lifetimes were dedicated to serving Li Taige (5509 words)

The Oonai Comic Con on the USS Nimitz was a great success, with even the Americans on board taking photos with the ship girl Oonai.

When the news reached the United States, many American anime fans were furious, lamenting why this hadn't been done in China, so that everyone could buy some merchandise.

Meanwhile, Li Xinghe, a true ship girl enthusiast, is currently pushing forward his massive policy reform plan within the Cabinet Office.

Utada Hikaru, who was spending the night at an inn, was woken up and invited to the Cabinet Office.

"Wha...what's going on?"

Utada Hikaru entered the cabinet and saw Li Xinghe sitting with two women, discussing something. This was the youngest leadership team in Japan, and perhaps even the world; the combined age of the three of them was less than that of Trump alone.

"A big star is here." Hua Yingmei nodded.

Ayako Aso secretly extended her stocking-covered foot and stepped on Li Xinghe's instep.

Li Xinghe dismissed the two women's petty jealousy and sent Utada Hikaru a new policy proposal:

"It's perfect that you're back. I have a new idea."

Utada Hikaru picked it up and was shocked:

"National ID Order, Order for Couples to Change Surnames, Order to Change Clan Names and Return to Surname? Should I be the spokesperson?"

Li Xinghe nodded:

“You’re right. I’m hoping you’ll be the spokesperson for this administrative storm and help us complete the new policy for all of Japan.”

"Oh that's fine."

Utada Hikaru recalled her inexplicable trip to the agricultural reclamation village and was quite happy to participate.

However, at the cabinet meeting the following day, dozens of cabinet officials all looked worried, feeling that the policies that Li Xinghe wanted to push forward, such as national ID, separate surnames for husbands and wives, and changing surnames, were simply too crazy.

Can it be pushed?

"This will be a... super storm that will change Japan..."

If it's too difficult, should we just give up?

Li Xinghe has mobilized various teams from Alipay and WeChat to conduct internal testing for over a month in order to quickly complete the registration of electronic ID cards for the public.

He stated firmly that the new reforms must be implemented:

"As I always say, new methods for new people, old methods for old people. There's always a way if you try, and no way if you don't try!"

……

Soon after, the issue of anime-style ship girls ceased to be a concern for the Japanese.

As Utada Spectros wrote a simple and catchy promotional song, Li Xinghe's three major year-end policies quickly bombarded the earth like a meteor shower, causing an uproar among the people.

The Japanese, who have long been stuck in their ways, have never seen such a bold and progressive reform path as Li Xinghe.

Therefore, Japanese people who preferred to oppose the new policies rather than obey them began to gather and protest again.

I just wanted to protest.

Coincidentally, after discovering that Li Xinghe had no resistance to the two-dimensional style of JMSDF ships, the Maritime Self-Defense Force is now implementing a pointless new policy: "comprehensive two-dimensionalization".

"Let's have some anime that the Prime Minister loves to watch in his hometown."

It's not just Azur Lane; even the character art from less mainstream tank and aircraft-related games like Ashes Front has been dug up and used by the Ground Self-Defense Force and the Air Self-Defense Force.

Japanese anime and manga fans are outraged.

The protests against Li Xinghe's "National Identity ID Reform" and the protests against the Japanese Self-Defense Forces' indiscriminate "moe-ification" of their own weapons, especially those using images from neighboring Chinese military games to moe their own weapons, were mixed together, with all sorts of random slogans displayed.

Here is a group of middle-aged and elderly people who have nothing better to do than hold up signs and angrily criticize: