The 21st Nikkei Global Management Forum, titled “Managing Beyond Upheaval,” was held in Tokyo last year. The gist of the lectures was posted on the Nikkei later. Jared Diamond was very emphatic about the need of honest national self-appraisal and using other nations as models of how to solve the problem for getting over the crises. “Upheaval” is the Diamond’s book rebukes society. We are worried about how to cope with COVID 19 throughout the world. Diamond already predicts emerging infectious diseases as what threatens the continued existence of civilization globally in this book, placing parallel position with explosions of nuclear weapons, global climate change, global resource depletion, and global inequalities of living standard. He turns his attention to the history of seven modern nations he has personal experience, and examines how nations override the crises. The most characteristic idea in this book is viewing the national crises through the lens of individual crises. Comparative and narrative stories, written from the perspective on his own contemporary experience, are easily understandable. Belonging to the same generation with the author, I still remember reading about several events in this book on the Japanese newspapers. However, picked up five countries, Finland, Chile, Indonesia, Germany, and Australia, are geographically remote, and Japanese political, economical relations with them were rather thin. Information I got at that time was fragmental. Learning methodically of their modern history is meaningful to deepen my understanding of their nationalities.
In the part of Nations And The World : Crises Underway, Diamond highlights on two nations, Japan and the US. Diamond points out seven problems lying Japan, that is, huge national debt, women’s roles, declining birth rate, declining population size, aging population, denial of wartime behavior towards China and Korea, and traditional policy of seeking to grab overseas natural resources. Knowing world general opinions toward us, especially the last two points pains me. Our narrative of World War II which focuses on our self-pity and viewing us as the victim wouldn’t be accepted no more. Our denial of the past greatly effects on our current tense relations with China and Korea. Diamond assures Brandt’s painful reckoning with the past has been to Germany’s advantage today, in the form of much better security and better relations with former enemies. As he says, Japan’s future is truly up for grabs, in the hand of us. It’s time for us to admit the past, apologize for it, and move on. Diamond condemns Japanese opposition to sustainable overseas resource use is sad and self-destructive. Whale catching was one of our traditional fishing manners. We need to learn even a traditional core value become inappropriate under the changing circumstances. Historically, leaders exhibited decisive effect on nations at the time of confusion. However, on the outbreak of unknown viruses, Japanese leaders seem to go this way and that. Desirably, consulting 12 factors, they guide us to the right direction to get over the crises.
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First, a suggestion. The physical copy contains photographs which I enjoyed perusing while reading. You miss that in the audio edition. Jared Diamond's book encouraged our family to look at our country and situation through a new lens, his analysis of crisis and reaction to it. It is be a difficult task to think critically about our faults. An uplifting takeaway is that acknowledgement and discussion of challenges is a step to solving them. And a look at how other countries have successfully navigated challenging dilemmas is cause for hope. Ultimately, Jared Diamond is a thought leader who has traveled the world and sees recurring themes and recurring responses to challenges. We can all learn from his experience and the conclusions he draws about where we may be headed.
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