We all know about volatility and we have been embracing it eversince. Maybe the target of his article are those new investors who are trying to get into the market. Volatility is what we love about bitcoin, and even if the price sink, its still a opportunity to us. And Japan no doubt is the dominant force behind bitcoin because China has left us.

He maybe secretly buying bitcoin. Didn't we heard that they are mining crypto's and the country was able to survived from the embargo against them by the West. New investors would come in, I speculate that they would join after the Nov hardfork.