24 August

The Japanese who claim,

"That war was not wrong" are increasing

in number.

What [ its own ] does the man really

protect by what it is going to affirm

were not "wrong"?

Is it Japanese pride? Is it pride?

Is it the man's self?

saying [ that we will have the history

which wove various various human

relations and has built peculiar culture

in the climate of a certain Japan in 2000

or more ] -- at most --

can't the fault of 75 years ago

be accepted to be a

"fault" with the rich heart?

For example, when a country is seen as a one human being, those who insist on an old fault "I was not wrong",those who can say,

"I was doing in how at that time", and which do you regard as desirable?