Chitchat Mahathir's favourite foreign country happens to be my beloved Japan! haha

[empathizerofeatshitndie]

I just realized that on this year's Sinkie Polling Day (10 July 2020):
wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Singaporean_general_election
Mahathir will be 95 years old:
wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahathir_Mohamad

Dear Mahathir-sama, happy 95th birthday!

 

[empathizerofeatshitndie]

Dear Mahathir-sama, happy 96th birthday!

 

[empathizerofeatshitndie]

Mahathir still looks and sounds quite healthy in the following video that was recorded roughly two days ago:
youtube.com/watch?v=rS_T_dCdm0M

"The 40th Anniversary of the Look East Policy – A Conversation with Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad"


nst.com.my/news/nation/2022/05/797171/more-should-be-sent-to-japan-for-studies-and-training-says-tun-m



freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2022/05/18/dr-m-explains-why-look-east-and-not-west



themalaysianreserve.com/2022/05/18/dr-mahathir-malaysia-should-keep-the-look-east-policy

 

[maxsanic]

This is all very interesting, but what exactly is look East? From the way it's being defined in these articles, it is implied that Japan is the "East". This might have worked in the 1980s when Dr M was holding the reins of Malaysia, but it's the worst possible option now in 2022. Also his assertion that Japan overtook the West in the past is a joke, the West simply allowed Japan to develop when it was net beneficial to them, the moment it was no longer so Japan was once again taken down by the deeply humiliating Plaza Accords.

ASEAN countries can choose China, US or sit on the fences while these two slug out, but putting your eggs in Japan now is as moronic as one can get. Even South Korea is a better option. Japan is a country that has come to a standstill since the early 1990s. It's GDP is stuck, currency has eroded over the past 3 decades just as rapidly as the Ringgit, straddled with a host of negative structural problems in which no progress has been made in resolving them. Their leading conglomerates haven't been able to innovate and come out with something that has impact on the world since the Walkman days.

Japan has completely been left out in the most cutting edge areas such as AI, Green Energy, Cloud, e-Commerce, IOT, Industrial 4.0, Medtech, Fintech, Advanced Chip Foundries etc. Their conglomerates are desperately holding on to whatever first mover advantages in manufacturing, automotive and engineering they've accumulated 30+ years ago and even these are being rapidly eroded by Chinese and Korean competitors.

Even their soft culture stuff like Anime, J-Pop and J-Drama have lost their appeal overseas to Korean and Chinese competitors. There has also been increasing quality scandals from supposed well known branded Japanese firms and this is in large caused by firms who couldn't keep up with the competition and had to rely on underhand tactics to keep up appearances.

In short, Japan is a tired country with a tired economy that hasn't moved out of the rut for an entire generation, Dr M is still stuck in a time capsule to think that Japan is the answer for Malaysia's next stage of development.

 

[syed putra]

Malays were trained in japan since WWII. Some even witness the atomic bomb but were too far away to be affected.
Many malays now speak japanese as they were trained there.

 

[empathizerofeatshitndie]

From "Jun 12, 2022":
sammyboy.com/posts/3625296

In east asia slanty sphere, the further apart from chinese you are, the more refined, cultured, sophisticated you'd be. This is why Japs are the most sophisticated slanties followed by gooks.

Words of wisdom!

 

[blackmondy]

Malays were trained in japan since WWII. Some even witness the atomic bomb but were too far away to be affected.
Many malays now speak japanese as they were trained there.

I also speak Japanese. My favorite word is "kimochi, kimochi !"

 

[empathizerofeatshitndie]

Dear Mahathir-sama, happy 96th birthday!

Dear @whoami, many VERY belated thanks for liking the above post of mine exactly one year ago!

And dear Mahathir-sama, happy 97th birthday!

I just realized that on this year's Sinkie Polling Day (10 July 2020):
wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Singaporean_general_election
Mahathir will be 95 years old:
wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahathir_Mohamad

Finally, today also happens to be the Polling Day for my beloved Japan's:
wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Japanese_House_of_Councillors_election
ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/第26回参議院議員通常選挙

 

[Bacccarat]

So, now, he is one year older than
@glockman.

 

[empathizerofeatshitndie]

So, now, he is one year older than
@glockman.

Dear @Bacccarat, many VERY belated thanks for your reply and for loving my post!

And dear Mahathir-sama, happy 98th birthday!

 

[syed putra]

Most malays were ok with japanese rule. But ended up with chinese rule,.