Chronicle of an Interesting Time

My name is Masaharu Nakagawa and I was the Minister of Science ect for the Country of Japan in the old world.  The events that transpired over the past years were very difficult and unique.  The world changed dramatically.  As a person who played a role in these events I here give my narrative; a bit of an insight to my thoughts and feelings as to what was happening in the world during these times in hopes that the future generations can learn from my decisions.
            Before the first post to the Global Signal, I looked very closely and intensely at the state of science and scientific research in Japan.  Talk was that Japan had nothing to produce.  From my perspective this was untrue; we have always been tight lipped and keep things that do not pertain to the outside world to ourselves.  However it became apparent to me that now was the time for change.  We did not want the rest of the world thinking that Japan had nothing of value to offer, and we the science community did not want our own people losing their faith in us.  This is why I proposed the plan that I did; to really get the Japanese science community back on track.  I let the world know what some of our strengths were and what our current projects were as well as our new plans to better our public view. http://globalsignal.blogspot.com/2012/09/normal.html
            “The first step to getting our research known to our country and the world is to focus on publicity.  We will be revamping our research campaign to better tell the world what contributions and finding we are making.  The next step will be to poll our country members and see what areas of science they believe are most important.  We will also present major current projects to the House of Representatives and see what the think in discuss potential improvements.”
            I also worked closely with the Emperor in developing plans to increase the amount of research and research funding focusing on new sustainable energy.  His plans were to make Japan free of nuclear power plants; therefore he wanted to look into other options.  http://globalsignal.blogspot.com/2012/09/emperor-akihitos-statement.html This was very important to focus on because of what the people of Japan wanted.  This also helped to improve the populaces' view on the science community of Japan and show them that we were willing to focus on what they wanted, improving our reputation.
            My covert plans were some things that I thought the science community of Japan should focus on, but were not items that the public or the officials needed to know.  I thought that the future plans of the MRI dream machine eventually being able to be used for mind control needed to be focused on so that Japan could be ahead in this field and not end up behind the curve.  Stem cell research has many advancement possibilities, however the public opinion of this is very volatile.  The space simulator and the research going into space ended up being really important.  Japan used the knowledge obtained to really become scientific leaders in the future for dealing with the events that occurred.  The push towards Japan doing its own military research and developing its own technologies needed to be kept as secret as possible, because the US needed to be kept out of the loop in this respect.  Any advanced made to separate ourselves from them would not have been taken kindly.
Covert Plan
Here are some goals for the hidden agenda of the Japanese science community:
·      MRI dream machine-this is the first step in a long process to a machine that eventually will give operators mind control over others.
·      More in depth research into stem cell usage-this needs to be kept out of the public eye for fear of negative reaction and publicity.
·      Space Simulator-Working on new theories to discover the origin of life, and simulating trips to space as well as working on new technologies for space travel.
·      Advances in areas of weaponry ie new technologies in fighter jets, aircraft carriers, and engines for the above.  The Japan science community is trying to move away from the primarily United States based weaponry it uses and focus on its own technology.
These are things that the Japanese science community is hoping to accomplish, but feel are best kept out of the public eye for fear of negative reactions from both the public and other politicians.
            I acquired some truly unique and interesting information from a radio observatory that when analyzed with other scientist from around the globe contained information to build a machine with plans sent to us from an unknown source.  http://globalsignal.blogspot.com/2012/09/transcript-of-news-alert.html This machine was going to be quite difficult and very expensive to build, and the information was not clear on who it was from or what its purpose was.  The big question that was proposed to the world was weather the machine should be built or not.  Our Emperor made a very interesting statement putting Japan in a place where it did not want to financially responsible for the machine, yet was willing to provide support for the building of it.  The Latin American Union as a whole wanted to build the machine, where as Canada and the EU were against its construction.  The Emperor, populace representative and military head met with our counter parts from the Latin American union and discussed the best way to handle the building of the machine.  We decided on a place where it would be built, Latin American, and how we would handle different situations involving the machine such as keeping its location a secret because of security and safety reasons. The LAU told us of their heightened military efforts as well as their discovery of the ability to reproduce rare earth metals, many of which would be needed for the machine.  We also discovered the United States had decided to join the machine accord, as we became known.
            I decided that Japan needed to be at the forefront for building this machine.  Both in my open and covert agenda I saw the value that machine could have.  http://globalsignal.blogspot.com/2012/09/how-can-we-not.html  I thought it would be a good opportunity for Japan to leap frog into the spot of number 1 scientific leader in the world.  A lot of the areas that I thought were our strongest were in parts of the machine.  I thought that by building this machine we could use our strengths.  All our work with the space simulator and the military technologies were continued covertly and I decided that Japan would stick to our secretive ways and obtain the machine plans and keep them close at hand.  I also worked closely with head of science in Latin America and worked on obtaining their plans for rare earth metals.  My goal at this point in time was to push Japan into a position in the science world that we have never really held, and make us that super power that people doubted would happen.  This required a bit of a frame of mind shift because this type of aggressive nature is unushual but I believe it was for the best for Japan, and was very successful.
Covert Plan
            Japan science community will be heightening its military technology research and will be using the information gained from the machine plans and apply it to our military technology.  The purpose of this is to be ready for any kind of offensive action from any other nations.  Another main agenda will be to keep the most important knowledge of the machine to our scientist and out of the hands of any other scientist and our own executive government, as well has gain the plans Latin America has for replicating rare earth elements.
            The building of the machine was moving along but the accord was running out of money.  The Emperor met with the head of Canada and explained to them some of the benefits that we discovered when building the machine, such as its ability to provide us with a cheap and efficient source of power.   http://globalsignal.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-emperors-statement-concerning-gains.html  By using the distortion of space and time I was able to create a worm hole type effect and consequently Japan sent its nuclear waste from the tsunami and meltdown of last year into space.  We were also able to perfect some of the technologies of the machine to develop a new form of energy leaving us no longer dependent on fossil fuels.  All these things combined as well as geographical position convinced Canada to become part of the accord.  When the summit between the nations was held, Canada explained their choice. We also announced that we had an impenetrable shield at our disposal.  We worked together to turn the shield around to protect accord spaces before setting off the machine.
            http://globalsignal.blogspot.com/2012/09/prelaunch-thoughts.html This post was right before the big day and the feelings of excitement were very visible for me.  We were standing on the precipice of a huge change in the world, be it good or bad it would be knowledge.  There was a bit of nostalgia and apprehension, the need to say goodbye really overcame me.  I wanted to express my feelings of gratitude before this large event occurred that we could not predict how it would go any way.
            The year after the machine was set off was a hard one.  The great split was sad and devastating; we don’t know what happened to the resistor nations.  Any and all people we knew in those regions just disappeared.  It pains me to see how the areas fell into such disarray.  The personal feelings I had about the split I did not feel the need to share with the rest of the world.  I was saddened by what happened and what is still happening in Africa.  The benefits to the rest of accord spaces should be shared and contributed with all accord nations; there still needs to an emesis on humanitarian things.  The negative effects that the shield had were very frightening because we know so little about why that happened.  There is this huge new entity that we know so very little about and has an incredible amount of power over us.  This is very scary to me.  However, to the public I showed my face of bravery.  I wanted to stick to science, what I know best, so I focused on the state of science in the new world order.  I tried to encourage the science community to collect their thoughts and push onwards.  http://globalsignal.blogspot.com/2012/10/new-world-from-science-perspective.html Knowledge is a very powerful tool, one that we still needed to utilize.  The more we can learn and find out about the extra terrestrials the more better off we will be to face whatever they throw at us and expect from us.  This was what I tried to get across to the rest of the science community.  I thought it was one of the most important things to focus on, and one that wasn’t negative.
            The item that best symbolizes my journy over the past few years is a piece is the machine, specifically the button that we used to activate the machine and contact the extra terrestrial life forms.  This button is important to me because of what it means.  it was an integral part to the machine; it is what sent out the signal.  I feel that I am somehwat like the button.  I played an important role in shaping what occured; somewhat like the fulcrom on what the entire endevor hinged.  Without my contributions the Emporer would not have been so enthusiastic to helping build the machine and the Latin American union woul not have been able to do everything alone.  The button is what the machine depended on.  It is also a circle, meaning it is infinite; never ending.  I have strssed that science and the pursuit of knowledge is never ending, infinite like this circle.  We must contiune on always to find out what we do not know.  As Socrates once said, "All I know is that I know nothing."

            The results of what happened because of the building of the machine and communicating with extra terrestrial life was one that no one could have predicted.  The new world that we live in is so different from the one before, and not just because of the chunk that is missing.  The mind set of the people of the world is beginning to change.  As was evident in our final summit, this could be the push that humanity needed to become something different.  Great events can inspire great change.  To the future generation that will be reading this history, I hope that the changes we dreamed about became a reality.  That the things our world leader discussed such as human kind working together as a species in a multispecies universe became so.  My hopes are that what we did meant something and that it was the right choice.  I believe that through this period of time I acted in the best interest for both the science community of Japan and the world.  I hope that this narrative will shed light on some insights as to what happened so that you may learn and grow.  Science is the quest for knowledge, and this is all I ever hoped to achieve.
Sincerely,
Masaharu Nakagawa

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New World from Science Perspective

It has been a year since we set off the machine.  And though many questions were answered, others were not.  The state of this new world is vastly different from the world we left behind.  From a science perspective, more still needs to be accomplished.  There is always more knowledge to be gained and the science community of this new world has stopped trying.  We will never know everything and the pursuit of knowledge is an on going one.  We can not stop just because we are part of this new accord. I would just like to remind my fellow science community of this, so we can start to regather our thoughts and move forward once again.

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The New World From the Eyes of the Emperor

                It is clear that the world has truly changed.  As the world leaders who created this new reality we all find ourselves in, it is our responsibility to help mold the world into a better society.  We are now capable of so much more than we had previously thought possible.  We must not expend our new potential as a race on self interest and personal gains.  I propose that all of the other leaders of the world assist Japan in helping to benefit Africa.

                We must no longer think of ourselves as Japanese, African, Canadian, or Latin American, but as Humans.  In lieu of this, I have changed my name from Akihito to Aidan, a more international name.  We are one race, now more than ever, and we are not alone.  As you are all aware, my role in the salvation of the human race has caused many to distrust me.  I realize that although my actions were purely to benefit the world, there is little I can do to convince the populous of my dedication to our race.  Words are wind.  They see me as corrupt and self serving, and although it may wound me, this is something I must accept.  Many of the other world leaders are also distrusted.  I recall the Canadian Prime Minister having issues with his people in the past, and I am sure some of these sentiments are harbored even still.

                We cannot afford these distractions, not in a time such as this.  There is too much at stake for our race to allow ourselves to be at odds.  It is my suggestion that from this summit forward, we hold an election from among the populous every five years to establish a world leader.  In the way of the Americans, this leader will be able to serve no more than two terms, thus never allowing for one person to become too powerful.  Once this happens, I will be stepping down as a leader.  I am no longer effective, distrusted and despised as I have become.  I urge other leaders of the world to do the same, although I respect that the choice to do so must be yours.

                Finally, the shields surrounding Canada and Japan are no longer needed, as there is no longer a current threat to the safety of the people of these nations with the hostile European Union out of the picture.  These shields have been disabled.  Also, to help alleviate some of the population density in Japan, we will be settling parts of Asia, both with humans and the species that were lost during the Severing.

 I look forward to speaking with all of you, and hope that we reach many productive and positive solutions with as little disagreement and discord as possible.  Long live the Human Race!

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Moving Forward with a Shared Benefit, Growing in Peace and Wisdom.

When I first learned of the machine a year and three months ago, the state of Japan was in a drastically different place.  The machine intrigued me, but I resented its allure.  For Japan was smack in the middle of two crisis: the task of cleaning up the nuclear meltdown in my home prefecture of Fukushima, and finding a clean, sustainable source of power to fuel our economy so that we could forego nuclear power once and for all.  I was passionate about these two issues, and I was fearful that the allure of the machine would distract our government from accomplishing these two goals.  If we didn’t find a new source of energy fast, then the government would be forced to open more nuclear power plant which to many fellow countrymen, and myself, seemed like the worst possible solution to our power crisis.  At this time, the machine seemed like one giant distraction, impeding the timely completion of important projects.  Shockingly, the machine turned out to be the direct solution to the two issues that were so pressing we now had access to limitless clean energy and we were also able to use the machine to dispose of the nuclear waste left over from the meltdown.  After that, I was sold.  As far as I could understand, the machine was capable of unlimited good.  Blinded my the excitement of what had already been accomplished I argued passionately for more research, and more development of the machine.  If all this good has already come about...What’s the worst that could happen?
Now, look at what happened.  The very machine that I once believed to be our salvation annihilated just about half of our planet: men, women, and children.  With the exception of Japan, we lost the entire population of asia, including the russian north, and Europe.  Personally, I lost an entire branch of my extended family that lived in China.  I will forever morn this loss, as will billions across the globe.  The Others made it seem like this was a good thing when they announced the severing one year ago.  But how can such a loss be interpreted by any other emotion then pain and sadness.  I suppose yes, we are the lucky ones.  But all I feel is guilt.  Guilt for forcing a process that clearly our planet was not ready for.  If I have learned one thing from the severing, it’s that nothing is worth doing unless everyone is one board and everyone shares the benefit.  If we wanted to we could have shared certain information with the EU, Russia, and, China that would have brought them onboard with the accord and the world we live in would be much different than the one we live in today, for the better.
We can only bemoan our losses for so long before we put it behind us and begin to move forward.  I think now is that time.  The last words that we heard from the Others one year ago today were: GROW IN PEACE. GROW IN WISDOM.  The Others gave us the opportunity to start over and take mankind to the next level. I’m not just referring to the original members of the accord who were in support of the machine.  I’m talking about the entire population of human beings now left on this planet.  I’m talking about Canada, the United States, South America, Australia, and yes, Africa.  In order to move forward we need to get everyone on the same page.  Economically, we need to focus on just distribution of resources and income, globally.  No longer will giant corporations thrive at the expense of the poor.  We should suspend any further development of the machine until all global parties share the same benefits and quality of life.  This means we need to help the remaining third world countries in Africa and South America catch up, bringing them up to our speed technologically, economically, in education, healthcare, and overall quality of life.  All the members of the global community need to be on board with the bettering of quality of life for those who need it.
Some things that need to be accomplished in order for this plan to be successfully implemented are making clean water and a stable food supply available to every person on the planet, and allowing the technological benefit from the machine to be shared by third world nations as well by making micro-manufacturing and broadband accessible for all.  Until these tasks are accomplished I would not recommend any further development of the machine because we are all aware of the damage that can come of it.  We should not do any more with it until everyone shares equal benefit and equal quality of life.

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Now is the time to build our future

The New World Order presents an enormous opportunity to redefine ourselves along the lines of what we would like to be rather than what we have been in the past. With the loss of the EU, China, and Russia, all of the military adversaries of the Accord's individual nations have disappeared, and we are left with very little geopolitical strife.  We will never again get such an opportunity to build a lasting peace across nations.  The 55 Cancri have chosen us, as peaceful and scientifically capable humans, to join them in the community of life.  It is time for us to live up to their expectations, lest we fail our Zok'chi/d and be "excised" as the other half of our populace has been.

Japanese nuclear scientists, cosmologists, and astrophysicists have all studied the environmental impacts of the disposal of our nuclear waste using a Machine-created wormhole.  They have deemed that this transportation has had no negative effects on the universe.  As a symbol of both our lasting peace and our intention to join the Community of Life, the Japanese military suggests that all nuclear weapons and war machines be disposed of on February 1, the first day of International Friendship Month. At this time, we can hold a global celebration at the location of the Machine.  The celebration will mark the end of cold wars and mutually assured destruction and the beginning of the New World Order.  The transition will take time and effort on the part of all countries involved, but with cooperation, it is assured that it can be accomplished.

With the beginning of the New World Order, militaries as they were known in the Old World will be obsolete.  Our energy resources are infinite, as are our new technological abilities, and our alliances are deep.  Both the Japanese military and the Canadian military have a history of being used for humanitarian and peace-keeping efforts across the globe; it is our suggestion that global militaries be deployed to underdeveloped areas of the Accord nations and depopulated areas of Europe and Asia to work with local populations and to aid in cleanup efforts, respectively.  Military units will be retrained to function as corps of engineers, building infrastructure along their deployments across the globe.  Those military personnel who are less fit for infrastructure work will be necessary for cleanup and salvage efforts in the Eurasian continent.  It is estimated that the existing engineers in the Japanese military can start this work effective immediately, but increasing our global peacebuilding capabilities to their full potential will take 5 or more years as our former soldiers must be retrained.

With the blessing of His Imperial Majesty the Emperor, the Japanese military will heretofore be referred to as the Order of Harmony.  Although the Order of Harmony will mostly be retrained troops, it is important that our roles be recognized as distinct from what they were in the Old World.  Furthermore, although the Japanese Military only welcomed Japanese citizens, we recognize the inherently global nature of the challenges we face.  In doing so, we recognize that these challenges are best met with a group that relies on the diversity of experience and talent provided by citizens of all Accord nations.  Private citizens of any job or skill set are welcome to apply to the Order of Harmony.  We actively welcome other countries and unions and their constituents to join the Order of Harmony, and we look forward to engaging in diplomatic relations with the other Accord nations to build what may be a truly global peacekeeping organization.

The Order of Harmony wishes to move forward with the US, Canada, and the nations of Africa and the Latin American Union in our creation of a peaceful and just humanity.  As the 55 Cancri have foretold, we will grow in peace, and when we have grown, we will be welcomed into the community of life.

Satoshi Morimoto
Minister of Peace
The Order of Harmony

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Japanese Advisor's Message

As the chief advisor to the Emperor of Japan, I gained influence and insight into the machinations of the Japanese regime.  Currently, Japan represents the hegemon of the world economy, but the Emperor’s political astuteness in the Old World Order lost him credibility in the New World Order.  I encouraged the Emperor to institute a series of reforms which he feels will push the future of the planet in the direction of universal democracy, human equality, responsibility to self and others, limiting the influence of multinational corporations, and enabling the people to rule themselves.  The days where governments ruled with an iron fist, where multinational corporations manipulated the economy, where the people were ruled not the rulers, must end.  

As I have displayed throughout the simulation, consolidated power represents a threat to individual sovereignty.  I encourage the Emperor to institute reforms that will benefit humanity as well as his legacy, then step down from his position.  The power he possesses will either corrupt him, or bring about his death, and possibly send the new world order into a frenzy.  The world needs strong leaders to set standards for the future of humanity, but it also needs leaders who show a willingness to pass the torch to the next generation.  

Specifically, I advise the Emperor to lead the way in the development of Africa, and to do so without concern of a return investment.  Also, the vast territory of Asia could relieve some of the population density problems faced by Japanese citizens.  Without forcing the issue, I suggest that the Emperor allow for those who wish to leave Japan the opportunity to settle in the vacant areas in Asia.  Finally, I advise the Emperor to facilitate discussions for a world-wide democratic election of a global-governing system to replace the failed UN.  

In spite of all these suggestions, I understand that the political sphere requires much finesse.  I place my full support in backing any and all of the Emperor's decisions, his leadership brought us this prosperity, his leadership will continue it.  Long live Emperor Aidan!

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Tomorrow

            It is exceedingly uncommon to know the exact date and time of the end of an era; it is easier, generally, to mark beginnings.  When the Great East Japan Earthquake devastated our islands, everything suddenly morphed into something that no Japanese citizen could have imagined.  There was no warning, no time to reflect on the events that were to follow. The ending of the pre-earthquake era was instantaneous; the beginning of our new lives was, and is, a much slower project.

The things one does before the end of an era are the things that define us as people.  When this ending is unscheduled and unpredictable, we go about our lives.  We go to work or to school.  We play sports or games.  We water our plants, pet the cats, and clean our apartments.  We think about the daily tomorrows, the deadlines, the meetings, the laundry, the dinners to cook.  We think about going to that new ramen shop on the way home from the train station.  Then, one day, tomorrow is not just a tomorrow; it is an after.  After the earthquake.  Our humanity is redefined and our tomorrows become something else.  We are no longer laundry-doers and ramen-eaters.  We are nuclear disaster cleaners and search and rescuers, rubble sifters and shelter managers.  We become something other than what we were before.

The birth of my daughter was  a bit more predictable than the earthquake.  The pregnancy progressed, my wife’s belly going from flat to distended in a few short months.  Doctors predicted her due date – the zero-hour, the end of our previous lives.  Still, we do not celebrate the end of life before a daughter; we celebrate the beginning of hers.  Perhaps this is what it means to know that the end of an era is coming.  Perhaps to know of an incoming ending is simply to predict a beginning.

The knowing, in itself, brought forth a different dilemma.  We couldn't stop our minds from skipping ahead of the todays and tomorrows, skipping to the after.  We anxiously anticipated the infinite futures that could have been, and we made mental lists of how best to prepare for millions of outcomes.  We bit our nails and waited.  Waited.  We stayed up late, red-eyed, wondering when and how and why. Even now, memories of the days before her birth are dominated by things that did not happen outside our minds.  In a way, the event of her birth brought grounding: where the before of the event was cerebral and indistinct, the after was earthly, demanding of the whole body.

I cannot pretend to know who we will be tomorrow.  I am left with the simultaneous dread and excitement inherent in change, in the infiniteness of what has not happened yet.  All that is left to do is wait.

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Its the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine.

The moment we have been working towards is finally upon us.  I know I speak for the people of Japan when I say that we are all extremely excited to see what happens when the small yellow smiley button is pushed.  Whatever it may be, there is a good chance mankind will never be the same.  I am certain that these beings will hold the keys to a variety of new technologies and discoveries, and I pray they will be willing to share them with us openly.

                However, I feel compelled to warn my fellow humans.  We must keep in mind how dependent the peoples encountered by the technologically superior Europeans became.  Many of these peoples’ nations still have yet to fully recover from this dependence.  I encourage our scientists to utilize their technology and incorporate it into devices we develop, but we must not become reliant upon these extra terrestrials for the supply of these goods.  We must remain as independent as possible if we are to survive.

                With that in mind, I welcome diplomatic relations between our species.  I hope that we will find a strong and true ally in these beings.  Regardless of the outcome, I am confident that the construction of this machine will not be for naught.  

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PreLaunch Thoughts

To All,

Tomorrow comes the big day; they day we find out what we have gotten ourselves into.  As the minister of Science here in Japan I am pleased that this day has finally arrived.  Nothing is scarier than the unknown, and tomorrow will give us the answers we have been searching for.  I just want to say that for all my apprehensions about what this day will bring, I am still looking forward to what will come.  This is going to be a huge step for humanity, no matter the outcome it will be monumental.  I am honored to be a part of something this important in my life time.

On a more personal note I would just like to say thank you to my wife and children, I could not have accomplished anything in this stressful time without you.  I appreciate your dedication to me which allowed me in turn to be dedicated to the building of this machine.  Tomorrow the mystery is over one way or another and I for one will be glad to have some answers.

Sincerely,
Masaharu Nakagawa

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The People of Japan Give the Go Ahead!

I was hesitant when Japan first got swept away in the excitement of building a machine based on extraterrestrial engineering.  I didn't want the government to loose sight of our most imperative objectives that we were focused on before we received the signal.  I was worried our government would focus to much on the machine, forgetting about the cleanup that still needed to happen so that I, and the other tens of thousands live in the twenty mile contamination zone surrounding the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant could go home.  So that was the main objective that needed to be completed and our government was doing a painstakingly slow job.  The other thing that I was worried about was that the Ministry of Science would focus too much on the machine and not on finding a clean, renewable source of of energy so that we wouldn't have to rely on Nuclear Power.  Little did I know that the machine they were building would not only solve the very two problems I was worried about but it expedited the process! The machine can provide unlimited sustainable energy, and it is capable of sending toxic matter into outer space through wormholes.   Thanks to this mystery machine, I can go home!  

So now that the machine has done SO MUCH for us, what are we waiting for?  Lets finish this thing.  I'm excited to see what transpires.  What intergalactic frontier awaits us? I don't understand why the EU doesn't support the building it.  I believe that this signal was a gift that is meant to be shared by all of mankind.  Do they not want to reap the benefits with us?  Why not? I just feel bad for the rest of the world that hasn't jumped on board with us.  This is a big deal.  I don't know what awaits us.  But judging on what we have already gotten out of the machine, the best has yet to come!

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The Emperor's Statement Concerning Gains Derived from the Machine

I am extremely pleased to announce that because of technological gains from the machine, Japan is now indefinitely nuclear free.  We have also developed technologies to create pathways through space and time similar to the one that allowed the 55 Cancri signal to reach us so quickly.  With this discovery, we were able to finally end the devastating clean up of nuclear waste by sending it all into deep space.  Without the machine, these technological advances would have not been realized until at least the turn of the next century.

In fact, it is because of these advances that Canada has decided to support the construction of the machine.  The discovery of a cheap source of massive amounts of energy has allowed them to rely less on the power provided by Quebec as well as saving them massive amounts of funds on energy.  These funds were then able to be funneled into the continuation of their safety net.  With so many opportunities to gain technologies that better mankind, I am baffled that certain populations are still opposed to the construction of this machine.  I hope that this short sighted foolishness will soon give way to understanding and acceptance concerning the machine and its many fruits.

I am excited by the budding diplomatic relations between Canada and Japan.  As a token of my gratitude, I am placing Canada under our protection, an action re-enforced by the United States.  It is my hope that Viviane Reding will be soon willing to join our cooperative initiative to build the machine.  I welcome diplomatic relations with the European Union and would like to make it clear that I harbor no negative sentiments towards them.  I look forward to the summit tomorrow, as it may prove to be the beginning of yet another new and lasting friendship.

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Japanese Military still fully in support of His Imperial Majesty and his decisions regarding the Machine

The Japanese military remains firmly committed to the orders of His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Japan.  The building of the 55 Cancri machine has brought an unprecedented sense of peace and transnational cooperation between Japan, the US, and the Latin American Union.  From a military standpoint, we are excited about the opportunities that this global cooperation has brought us.  Perhaps this is naive, but we are looking forward to a day when global military powers no longer have to brandish weapons and threaten each other. We hope to bring forth an age where we can cooperate and work together to achieve what is best for all.

In response to the European Union's fears regarding the machine, including the EU's military threats, we must let this be known: Japan is not looking for war.  The Japanese military is going forward with our orders from His Imperial Majesty, and His Imperial Majesty has thought deeply about the needs of our populace as well as the impacts the 55 Cancri Machine may have on global safety.  As a country, we are committed to world prosperity, not mass human extinction or world war as Mr. van Osch would have you believe.  Those who join the Accord shall enjoy the fruits of our collective labor -- unprecedented scientific discoveries, unknown intergalactic horizons, and the beginning of a era of human peace and global cooperation.  We wish no harm to the Resistors -- we recognize their autonomy and the depths of thought that must go in to their decisions to not support the Machine.  The Japanese military hopes only that we can coexist peacefully in our two different trajectories.

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Japanese Military Report on Machine Progress

The Japanese military is committed to serving His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Japan as well as our people.  His Imperial Majesty, under guidance of our scientific community, has decided to work with the Latin American Union as well as the United States in building the 55 Cancri machine.  As a military, we are fully in support of His Imperial Majesty in this decision.  Many members of our self-defense forces are remaining on the islands, but some have been deployed to undisclosed locations around the world where 55 Cancri machine parts are currently being built.

The alliance of the European Union with Russia and China has increased our awareness of local military action, as our military and diplomatic relations with these neighbors has not always been positive.  We appreciate, however, the European Union's decision to delay the building of military forces, and we take the EU's action to be a gesture of good will and peace.  We can only hope that our positive relationship with the EU will color our ongoing relationships with China and Russia, and together we can welcome a new dawn of brotherhood.

 It is my belief that the 55 Cancri have sent us this message as a tool to bring the people of Earth together, united in a common goal.  As a military, we will do whatever we need to bring this goal to fruition.  We look forward to the cooperation of the other nations of the world in bringing us closer to the 55 Cancri and their hopes for human cooperation.

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Response from the People of Japan

As a representative for the people of Japan, I think it is important that we not let this scientific discovery blind us from focusing on more urgent issues that were at hand before we received signals from 55 Cancri.  We are still struggling to clean up the aftermath of the Fukushima meltdown, and still having a hard time finding an abundance of a clean, renewable source of energy.  Not one penny of Japanese taxpayer dollars should go towards constructing any type of supernatural machine.  Don't get me wrong, I think receiving a code from a binary star forty one light years away is the most exciting thing to happen to mankind in our existence.  I believe that anyone with the funds to invest in the machine's construction should.  But as of now, Japanese tax payer dollars are too tied up to be spent on such an affair.  I'm going to assume that the construction of this machine will take years.  If this is true, then possibly, hopefully in the near future, Japan can invest in this project, only after the Fukushima evacuation zone has been decontaminated and strides have been made on finding a new source of energy.  

As far as hosting this construction on Japanese soil, I think we better not.  The Machine Accord is made up chiefly of the United States, South America, and Japan.  Those in opposition to its construction include China, Russia, and most likely the Koreas and Vietnams because of their political ties.  In order to avoid the outbreak of any possible war, I think it would be best if the machine were build somewhere on the western hemisphere away from our two biggest opposers.  Building it in Japan is not a good idea because we live right next door to China and Russia, and seeing as our relationship with China isn’t exactly stellar these days, we should try to prevent any potential conflict by building it in either the US or South America.  
I am in favor of lending our intellectual and scientific support to the researching and construction of this machine.  However, our primary goal must be to finish cleaning up the toxicity from the Fukushima meltdown.  Only after that project is complete can we start to lend more financial support to the construction of this machine.

Sincerely,

Arata Atsushi

The Voice of the People

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How Can We Not?

To those Science Communities not Aiding in the Building of the Machine,

As the head of the science community in Japan, I speak for us all in saying what a large leap foreword in technology the building of this machine is.  Japan is and has always been a very technologically savvy nation.  We as a people love the innovations of this era.  This machine gives us a new insight into  a different type of technology one that we have never come across before.  Everyday we spend analyzing these plans gives new finding that we never dreamed about.  From a scientific point of view, the only course of action is the one that Japan has pursued, to learn all we can about this machine.   The natural course of this plan is to build the machine.  All the top scientists from Japan are analyzing the plans for the machines, making new discoveries every day about what it takes to make this.  We will continue to pour all our best minds into this project, as well as confer with some of the best scientist from around the world.  Our best mechanics, engineers and computer scientist are starting on the building of this machine, checking every step of the process with the analysts.  To all those scientist in nations that are not helping to build the machine, think about what this means to the science communities of your country?  How can you as scientists devoted to discovery and the path of life long learning not take this opportunity to find out more about the universe we live in?  The question you should be asking yourselves is not how can we build this machine but how can we afford not to?

Sincerely,

Masaharu Nakagawa

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The Emperor's Statement Concerning 55 Cancri

I am in complete agreement with Satoshi Morimoto. These extra terrestrial life forms, whoever they may be, are clearly a race far more technologically advanced than our own. With that in mind, it becomes obvious that any sort of militaristic offensive or even defensive actions would be futile. Any such aggression would be extremely foolish. Not only would these attempts prove utterly ineffective, but they would also send the message that we were "a technologically inferior and war-mongering planet" as Mr. Morimoto so aptly put it.

I also agree that we should build the device. Unfortunately, Japan is still very much so in recovery from the devastating effects of an earthquake tsunami meltdown. As is only imaginable, the three worst disasters imaginable occurring at once didn't exactly leave us a platform of financial stability. While we would not be able to help fund this project, Japan is currently at the forefront of the technological advancements of our race. If we are to build this machine, Japan volunteers to be the site that it is constructed on. I will make the construction of the machine top priority for the best scientists and mechanical engineers we have to offer.

Studies have shown that as our race becomes more advanced, we are being naturally selected to be kinder and more compassionate. Such a conclusion can be drawn from Steven Pinker's "A History of Violence." Pinker, a respected and esteemed member of his field, has given TED talks supporting this theory. It only stands to reason then, that such an advanced race would be more considerate and empathetic. Regardless of what we decide, these extra terrestrials could be a great ally and could also help us reach huge discoveries all fields of study. If we chose not to build this device, we should return a message and continue negotiations at the very least.

Pinker's "A History of Violence" can be found here.

http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/pinker07/pinker07_index.html

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Japanese military response to 55 Cancri

With all due respect to Big Brother, I feel it is against our best interest as a planet to get involved in an arms race with the aliens from 55 Cancri.

1945, Japan suffered the unfortunate tragedy of two atomic bombings.  Our cities were decimated and hundreds of thousands of citizens died because we defied a country with technologically advanced weaponry.  It is my belief that we are now in an intergalactic, rather than international, crisis of a similar nature.  The aliens that sent the message from 55 Cancri are clearly technologically superior: they have sent us schematics for a device whose purpose our top scientists can not understand; they have sent us a repeating message consisting of all prime numbers; and they have managed to bend time and space to receive and send messages much faster than the speed of light.

Building weaponry and preparing for war with the 55 Cancri beings is irresponsible.  It is our job as leaders to protect our populace from undue harm, and we cannot afford to make enemies of unknown and technologically superior beings.  Furthermore, if we should not need to go to war with the 55 Cancri, we will have created thousands of weapons which can only be used for human destruction.

Rather than position ourselves as both a technologically inferior and war-mongering planet, I strongly suggest our nations cooperate on building this alien machine.  We should do everything in our power to make allies of these aliens lest they destroy us, or worse, lest we destroy ourselves with the rise of global military powers.

Mr. Satoshi Morimoto
Minister of Defense
Japan

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The Voice of Japan

Konnichiwa, Countrymen

My name is Chinatsu Arihyoshi. I come from a small agricultural community in the the prefecture of Fukushima, Japan. Before the flurry of chaos that landed on us last year with the hit of the Great East Japan Earthquake, life at home was normal. Now I have no home. Sure, I own a house, but I haven't been there in over a year. I am one, of the tens of thousands of fellow countrymen, who can’t go home. All we want is to return, but it will not be safe for us to return for some time. So we will wait. We will wait right outside the house of Prime Minister Noda Chanting, "SAIKADO HANTAI!” (No Nuclear Restarts). Because HOW? How could you put MORE fellow countrymen at risk of what happened to me, and the rest of us who call home to the 20 Kilometer evacuation radius?

Nuclear power is not safe! I am a living proof of that statement. I have been exposed to live radiation. Worse then that, my children have been exposed to radiation! It is children that are most susceptible to developing cancer from radiation exposure. The thought of one of my children developing thyroid cancer (the most common from radiation), or anyone’s child for that matter developing any type of cancer due to exposure to radiation, should be enough to hate the idea of having a nuclear power plant anywhere near you’re home. The fact is, our government is now reopening Nuclear power plants. There are two already reopened. We had six earthquakes between 2011 and 2012! Are you kidding me? Japan is clearly no place to host nuclear power plants. We can not afford to reopen any more.

It is my promise to you, the people of japan, that I will continue to stand outside Prime Minister Noda’s house screaming "Saikado hantai” at the top of my lungs!

Sayonara,

Chinatsu Arihyoshi

The Voice of the People

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Emperor Akihito's Statement

Although it may have fallen out of the media, Japan is still reeling from the losses we suffered last year after an earth quake triggered a tsunami which caused three of our nuclear reactors to fail at our Fukushima plant.  This has not been the first occurrence of a power plant failure.  It is clear to all how dangerous they are and how volatile the effects can be should something go wrong.

That being said, we as a planet are currently running out of oil.  Loathe as I am to admit it, using such fossil fuels for decades has begun to trigger climate changes that will only worsen in severity as we continue to burn fossil fuels.  Despite the hazards, nuclear power seemed a necessary and viable alternative fuel source.  Many nations with nuclear power have been lax in their supervision of their power plants, many of which lack the necessary precautionary safety features that would help to prevent or control a disaster.  If the proper considerations were taken into account and safety features were put in place to deal with ANY CONTINGENCY, nuclear power could have been the answer to our planet’s dire energy crisis.  However, it is as clear to me now as it has been to the Japanese public in years past that there is no way to plan for every possibility and that the events that trigger a failure are equally impossible to predict.

Japan has always been at the forefront in supporting the use of nuclear power.  There comes a time when one must reevaluate one’s own choices and evaluate just how realistic they are.  Being the resource poor nation that we are, relying on imported fossil fuels would be far too costly to be an economically viable option.  Looking at the current state of the world, it becomes clear that there is absolutely no way responsible human beings can continue using oil at the rate we are today.  The United States currently uses 68.672 billion barrels per day per thousand people to support their lavish life style.  Who wants to be the next United States?  Almost every second or third world country today.  There is no way to even begin to measure the impacts on the world’s climate should every country reach that standard.

In lieu of the stark reality we are faced with, Japan has no other option than to develop sustainable means of supplying energy through renewable resources and alternative energy.  As of this day, Japan will spearhead the efforts to find alternative means to supply our energy demands.  We have been highly impressed with Brazil’s ethanol production from sugar cane, but unfortunately sugar cane is not something that can be easily cultivated across the globe.  More research must be done to find solutions that work for every nation.  This is an issue that needs to be taken seriously, funded heavily, and solved quickly.  I highly urge the rest of the world’s leaders to get behind what may be our only hope of surviving the next century.

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Japan Science Communities's Plan of Action

    Japanese has a large emphasis on their science research.  Some of our strengths are in areas of life sciences, environmental science, information and communication technologies, nanotechnology, and materials science.  Some interesting research being done is at the Kibo space simulator, and ATR (advanced telecommunications research center) and the MRI dream recorder, which is the first step in making technology work without a physical component.  We also have 30 world ranked research universities in our country all making valuable contributions to the scientific world.
    However, in Japan it is said there is an issue of irrelevance; it has been too long since we have produced anything of note, therefore the public and the officials have lost faith in our abilities. This is just a perception; we have been producing many meaningful things for years now.  Publicity measures need to be upped, because the media and the public needs to know of our important contributions to the scientific world.  We will reevaluate the research currently being done to make sure that it matches the wants and desires of the public and the elected officials.
    The first step to getting our research known to our country and the world is to focus on publicity.  We will be revamping our research campaign to better tell the world what contributions and finding we are making.  The next step will be to poll our country members and see what areas of science they believe are most important.  We will also present major current projects to the House of Representatives and see what the think in discuss potential improvements. 

This is the plan for improving the scientific contributions of Japan to world set forth by me, Masaharu Nakagawa House of Representatives and Minister of Science and Technology.

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