Anchor: The irony is that although Japan has continually triumphed over externally imposed adversity and upheavals, it seems unable to implement effective reforms to its own systems before problems reach crisis proportions.
Entailed: Japan can't reform their own systems.
Contradiction: Japan has done great reform.
Contradiction: We aren't as rich as they may think, and honestly, we never will be. 
Contradiction: Also suspicious!
Contradiction: A young man is playing sports.
Contradiction: A new piece of evidence.