Cempaka Culture and Tourism: RI, Japan turn to bilateral ties amid global crisis

"The Recalibration of Awareness – Apr 20/21, 2012 (Kryon channeled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Old Energy, Recalibration Lectures, God / Creator, Religions/Spiritual systems (Catholic Church, Priests/Nun’s, Worship, John Paul Pope, Women in the Church otherwise church will go, Current Pope won’t do it), Middle East, Jews, Governments will change (Internet, Media, Democracies, Dictators, North Korea, Nations voted at once), Integrity (Businesses, Tobacco Companies, Bankers/ Financial Institutes, Pharmaceutical company to collapse), Illuminati (Started in Greece, with Shipping, Financial markets, Stock markets, Pharmaceutical money (fund to build Africa, to develop)), Shift of Human Consciousness, (Old) Souls, Women, Masters to/already come back, Global Unity.... etc.) - (Text version)

“… The Shift in Human Nature

You're starting to see integrity change. Awareness recalibrates integrity, and the Human Being who would sit there and take advantage of another Human Being in an old energy would never do it in a new energy. The reason? It will become intuitive, so this is a shift in Human Nature as well, for in the past you have assumed that people take advantage of people first and integrity comes later. That's just ordinary Human nature.

In the past, Human nature expressed within governments worked like this: If you were stronger than the other one, you simply conquered them. If you were strong, it was an invitation to conquer. If you were weak, it was an invitation to be conquered. No one even thought about it. It was the way of things. The bigger you could have your armies, the better they would do when you sent them out to conquer. That's not how you think today. Did you notice?

Any country that thinks this way today will not survive, for humanity has discovered that the world goes far better by putting things together instead of tearing them apart. The new energy puts the weak and strong together in ways that make sense and that have integrity. Take a look at what happened to some of the businesses in this great land (USA). Up to 30 years ago, when you started realizing some of them didn't have integrity, you eliminated them. What happened to the tobacco companies when you realized they were knowingly addicting your children? Today, they still sell their products to less-aware countries, but that will also change.

What did you do a few years ago when you realized that your bankers were actually selling you homes that they knew you couldn't pay for later? They were walking away, smiling greedily, not thinking about the heartbreak that was to follow when a life's dream would be lost. Dear American, you are in a recession. However, this is like when you prune a tree and cut back the branches. When the tree grows back, you've got control and the branches will grow bigger and stronger than they were before, without the greed factor. Then, if you don't like the way it grows back, you'll prune it again! I tell you this because awareness is now in control of big money. It's right before your eyes, what you're doing. But fear often rules. …”

Sunday, November 2, 2008

RI, Japan turn to bilateral ties amid global crisis

Mustaqim Adamrah and Desy Nurhayati, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

Indonesia and Japan are enhancing their bilateral ties with a nine-day Indonesia-Japan Expo held in Jakarta to mark 50 years of bilateral partnership.

In a speech delivered at the opening ceremony Saturday, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said the two countries' close relationship could be an answer to challenges resulting from global economic turmoil.

A TOUCH OF TOKYO: Three women clad in the traditional Japanese kimono chat while walking near the venue of Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Indonesia-Japan Friendship at Kemayoran, Central Jakarta, on Saturday. (JP/P.J. Leo)

"Our bilateral relationship has been getting stronger since its establishment in 1958," he said.

"This is an asset to us in dealing with global challenges resulting from the energy crisis, food crisis and climate change crisis, among others."

Among those attending the ceremony were Trade Minister Mari Elka Pangestu, Transportation Minister Jusman Syafii Djamal, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro, and Culture and Tourism Minister Jero Wacik.

Former Japanese prime minister Yasuo Fukuda, who is also the Indonesia-Japan Friendship Association chairman, attended the ceremony.

Bachrul Chairi, head of the Trade Ministry's National Export Promotion Agency (BPEN), which is participating at the expo, said the government would not set any transaction targets at the expo.

"We only want to show the people how vast the Indonesia-Japan relationship that has been going on for 50 years is," he told The Jakarta Post.

"With many huge Japanese firms operating here and the high value of Indonesia's exports in Japan, it is affirmed that the two countries depend on each other."

He said Indonesia imported semifinished products, such as steel for auto components, from Japan, while Japan imported oil, gas, iron ores, nickel, tin, coffee, tuna and shrimp from Indonesia.

According to the Central Statistics Agency (BPS), two-way trade reached US$30.16 billion in 2007, with Indonesia's non-oil-and-gas exports to Japan standing at $13.09 billion.

The BPS recorded $18.68 billion in bilateral trade in the first eight months of this year, a 28.5 percent increase from the same period last year.

Citing the bilateral relationship, Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry chairman M. S. Hidayat said the economic ties had improved, as evident with the August signing of the Indonesia-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA).

"Japan has proven its commitment through JBIC (Japan Bank for International Cooperation), which has been financing numerous Japanese projects in Indonesia," he told the Post.

A Japanese government organization, Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), also helped Indonesian small and medium enterprises (SMEs) develop their businesses, he said.

"What the Indonesian government needs to do now is lobby the Japanese government so our SMEs can penetrate the Japanese high-end market equipped with tough requirements."