・Extraordinary new drugs are not permitted in Japan, so the most profitable job is to release new drugs with different formulations of ingredients and have high reference drug prices recognized (p37)
・In the past, there was only a budget deficit, but due to the aging population and overseas location of factories, there is a trade deficit, and the service balance is also in deficit, eating up the capital balance surplus. Finally, when the profits and losses of companies all over Japan are added up, there is a deficit (p43)
・The reason why savings are not popular is that young people rely on housing handed over by their parents, and after middle age, they rely on pensions and long-term care insurance, nearly half of their income is deducted from tax/social insurance, and consumption tax is 12% (p80)
・The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Finance, and the police usually hold the most important positions, since national defense diplomacy, financial collection, and security are important (p82)
・Since Argentina was not exposed to war in World War I or World War II, social reforms did not progress, and an inefficient interest structure remained (p90)
・Health insurance physicians are not granted to medical facilities contrary to the will of the government office (p181)
・The elderly are numerous, rich, and have time (life expectancy) (p224)
・The elderly in Japan should also spend money on what they really want or like, and this will benefit their descendants much more (p227)
・Today, when high-tech weapons have advanced to the extreme, the Army, Navy, and Air Force are out of date and are divided into three types of military: homeland defense, sea lane escort/rescue of Japanese residents, and disaster rescue/maintenance of public order (p246)
・The history of Japan is Nara, Heian, Kamakura, Muromachi, Azuchi-Momoyama, Edo, and the Tokyo period, all referred to as locations of capital functions. When it changed from Edo to Tokyo, the Tokugawa shogun and powerful feudal lords were in Kyoto for 5 years in the meantime (p281)
・Since the Cold War structure of the world disappeared, there have been no color coding of political parties based on ideology in the Japanese political world, and the current ruling opposition party is divided by supporting parent body, traditional connections, and the electoral district situation when they first ran for office (p338)
・After the Pacific War, after 45 years of hard work and good fortune, Japan became a victorious country in the Cold War in 1990, but losses continued thereafter, which is similar to the 73 years since the Meiji Restoration, and faced defeat in the Pacific War 28 years after victory in World War I (p424)
