・The Japanese automobile industry is not losing competitiveness; competition is likely to disappear; it sells cars made in foreign countries in Japan and exports cars made in Japan to foreign countries (p57, 63)
・When it comes to around 360 yen per dollar and 60 yen per yuan, Japanese companies look very cheap from a foreign perspective, so even if the yen depreciates, the Japanese automobile industry cannot return to its former prosperity (p71)
・I think that being disappointed after having a dream is happier than living according to plan without a dream (p135)
・The 74 years from the Meiji Restoration to the Pacific War and from the end of the war to today (Heisei 30) are quite similar (p149)
・Originally, the administrative office, which is the executive agency, acts like a government decision-making body; conversely, the Diet and Cabinet, which should exert decision-making functions, have degenerated into subcontractors of administrative government offices (p219)
・Narrowing down regional news to incidents, accidents, sports, and traditional events is something unusual not found in Tokyo (p329)
・The cornerstone of a regional service-type shopping district is that if any of these are missing a greengrocer, fish shop, or butcher shop, the entire town's sales will drop by nearly 20% (p323)
・Fallen leaves are collected twice a week by ward cleaning trucks and used as fuel for garbage power generation, but what works well is when the weather continues to clear, and when it flows due to rain, enters sewage, and decays, methane gas is generated (p355)
・Gambling is avoided because it is a quiz where questions are sent via premium broadband and communication services are presented as prizes (p397)
