Bamboo does not fall｜It’s not good news for Japanese companies to notify employees to return to Japan

I just saw a message forwarded by a netizen: Panasonic Group issued a notice that it will allow employees stationed in China to temporarily return to Japan with their families, with the company covering the expenses.

Masamasa Katayama, Chairman of the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA) and Chairman of Isuzu Motors, said at a press conference on the 19th, “I want to ask the government to take more measures than ever before to ensure the safety of Japanese residents.”

I don’t know if Japan will issue similar reminders. If they also make some reminders to raise the alert level in China, it will also make people feel uncomfortable emotionally. At least, it’s not something to be proud of to be treated and guarded against by others.

It may be very bad news. When Japanese people in China have to leave for the safety of their children, companies will also start to consider this issue. The suspect’s wish, and the wish of those who support him, are being fulfilled.

But I believe that retribution is a circle, and these people will soon be trapped by their own actions. Of course, another part of the people are purely unlucky.

It is said that Japan’s attitude this time is also very tough, requiring a public apology including the disclosure of specific details.

They will probably not be taken care of, and we have always been tougher.

Last time, Japan was “inconvenient” to express this tough attitude. We all know that Ms. Hu Youping’s behavior required the other party to leave room in their language in addition to expressing respect.

This time is obviously different.

Everyone should have read the article “Egg Bot” (which has been deleted), which mentioned that “the 44-year-old man, Zhong, who injured people with a knife” has had problems with the companies he has held shares in recent years, and his shares have also been frozen. According to official news such as the China Judgments Online, Zhong has also been included in the “list of dishonest persons subject to enforcement” by the court for multiple disputes involving loans and credit cards.

Everyone can see something from these contents. He is on the verge of frustration, anger, irritability, and even collapse. Do you think such a person still has the mind to think about what “noble” sentiments?

Those who call him a “hero” may have tragically misunderstood. Is it possible that he just wanted to create a tragedy to make foreign companies withdraw?

I saw a very extreme comment (maybe a private message) before, but I can’t find it now, but I still remember the general idea. That person said how unlucky he had been in recent years, how unfortunate he was, that his business failed, he owed a lot of debt, his house was foreclosed, and he still owed the bank money even after selling it. Then he changed his tone and began to analyze which factors had harmed him, saying that it would be better for everyone to perish together, and cursing the industries and entrepreneurs that had nothing to do with him.

I feel like he’s crazy, but I can’t comfort him. To that extent, all comfort is empty and floating nonsense, and there is no substantive effect.

And I don’t want to comfort him. Why should I comfort a person who, because of anger and collapse, wants to “swing a knife” at the weak?

In the words of my hometown people, this is a coward, meaning base and cowardly.

There is nothing more to say. Many netizens are giving up on themselves, saying, “Leave quickly, those foreign companies.”

In fact, I still hope to save it. It is definitely a good thing for foreign companies to stay in China. I also hope that the Panasonic Group’s notice of the withdrawal of Japanese employees is the beginning and the end, and will not become an effect. Because I know very well that if a large number of foreign companies leave, the ones who will not be able to support themselves first are more ordinary people and ordinary companies. That will be very miserable.

Hope is just hope, and it may be meaningless. At least, if even the picture of expressing regret is as follows, the next similar tragedy is likely to be difficult to avoid. I’m thinking, what should I explain then? If I can’t explain it, how should I keep them?