It is no stretch now to say that the ferocious (but, sadly, wholly predictable) Chinese popular and official reaction is sending pangs of doubt and fear throughout Japan, from fields and factories in the provinces, to the centralgovernmentoffices in Kasumigaseki and the Prime Minister residence in Akasaka, Tokyo.
The nationwide strike, called by private-sector umbrella union GSEE and its public-sector counterpart, Adedy, paralyzed public services, shutting central and local governmentoffices, courts, tax offices, state-controlled banks, schools and universities countrywide, while hospitals were operating on skeleton staff.