San Dome No Nippon Bakumatsu, Haisen, Heisei Wo Koete (Shodensha Shinsho)

[Machine Translation] The Japan of 2025 should be "Fun Japan. In the 150 years of the modern era, this country has twice faced turning points in history. The first was the Meiji Restoration, when the shogunate-han system collapsed, and the second was the defeat in the war, when the country was burnt to the ground. Each time, Japan rose to its feet and created the "first Japan" and the "second Japan. However, with the curtain closing on the Heisei era, Japan is once again facing a turning point in its history as it enters the era of 2022. The year 2020, when the Tokyo Olympics will be held, will be decisive. We must now create the "third Japan. What will happen now? What should we do? The author, who has made many accurate predictions in his many books, has left his last proposal to the Japanese people who will live in the future.

令和の日本は「楽しい日本」であるべきだ―。近代一五〇年、この国は時代の転換期を二度、迎えている。幕藩体制が崩壊した明治維新と、国土が焼け野原になった敗戦である。その都度、日本は立ち上がり、「一度目の日本」、「二度目の日本」を創ってきた。しかし平成が幕を閉じ、令和を迎えた日本に、またもや時代の転換期が訪れている。それは東京オリンピックが開催される二〇二〇年(令和二年)に、決定的になるだろう。今まさに私たちは「三度目の日本」を創らなければならない。これからどうなるのか。どうすればよいのか。多くの著作で予測を的中させてきた著者が、未来を生きる日本人に遺した最後の提言。