if only... Japan...

[danny burstein]

[Reuters]

Shintaro Ishihara, Japanese politician who set off row with
China, dies at 89 -NHK
....
One of his more notorious remarks came after the March 11, 2011 earthquake
and tsunami that killed nearly 20,000 people, when he said the disaster
was "divine punishment" for Japanese "egoism".
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rest:
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/shintaro-ishihara-japanese-politician-who-set-off-row-with-china-dies-89-nhk-2022-02-01/
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[Richard de Give]

Didn't do much for the broader-based TOPIX, which closed trading at 1,896.6. up 0.13 points or 0.0069 percent. Back to you, Thalia.