🔵 [Special Edition ③] 3.11 and the Currency War — Why Abenomics Was Accepted 【New Series】Japan Will Be Reborn as a Small Nation Prologue:

 

🔵 [Special Edition ③]

3.11 and the Currency War — Why Abenomics Was Accepted
【New Series】Japan Will Be Reborn as a Small Nation

Prologue: Disasters Accelerate the “Statization” of Civilization

The Great East Japan Earthquake shook the very foundations of postwar Japan’s civilizational structure.

• Social anxiety
• Economic stagnation
• A sense of hopelessness about the future
• A sudden surge in dependence on the state

This psychological climate created the conditions for society to accept Abenomics — a form of “currency warfare.”

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1. After 3.11, Japan Entered a Mode of State Dependence

In the aftermath of the disaster, expectations and reliance on the state rose sharply.

• Rebuilding daily life
• Restoring infrastructure
• Energy policy
• Radiation countermeasures

Nothing could move forward unless the state acted.
This mindset tilted society toward a “large-state” orientation.

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2. State Dependence Makes the Narrative of “Great-Powerism” Easy to Accept

Post-3.11 Japan became receptive to the following narratives:

• “Japan must become strong again.”
• “We must restore a Japan capable of competing with the world.”
• “Use the currency as a weapon.”
• “Rebuild national power.”

All of these are narratives of great-powerism.

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3. Abenomics Was a “Currency War”

Abenomics was not military in nature.
But its structure resembled militarism.

• Weakening the currency
• Boosting stock prices
• Reliance on government bonds
• A state-led economic narrative

This was great-powerism waged through currency.

And this narrative was accepted with surprising ease by a Japan that had entered a post-3.11 “state dependence mode.”

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4. COVID-19, as a “Second Disaster,” Reaccelerated Great-Powerism

The COVID-19 crisis of 2020 was not a natural disaster,
but it was a total war against civilization.

Across the world, state authority expanded,
and great-powerism rearmed itself.

Japan followed the same pattern:

• Heightened dependence on the state
• Massive fiscal spending
• Currency deterioration
• Intensified geopolitical anxiety

Within this continuum of Abenomics,
Sanaenomics emerged almost inevitably.

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Conclusion: As a Disaster-Prone Nation, Japan Repeats the Temptation of Great-Powerism

3.11 → State dependence → Currency war (Abenomics)
COVID-19 → State dependence → Re-expansion of great-powerism (Sanaenomics)

This is no coincidence.

Japan is a disaster-prone nation.
With every disaster, state dependence surges,
and the temptation of great-powerism grows stronger —
a built-in structure of its civilization.