If Japan had been near to either England or France, war would have broken out long ago.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
If war should break out between England and Japan, the latter would suffer much more than the former.
The war has developed not necessarily to Japan's advantage.
Throughout that period, Japan had made honest efforts to keep the destruction of war from spreading and, based on the belief that all nations of the world should find their places, had followed a policy designed to restore an expeditious peace between Japan and China.
Therefore, if one were to consider that there was virtually no possibility of success through the US-Japan negotiations, the military and economic pressures would only force Japan into further crisis if time were allowed to pass in vain.
The ambiguous orientation of Japan drove the country into the position of an invader in Asia.
I speak of the old Japan, because out of the ashes of the old Japan there has risen a new Japan.
Subsequently, the Japanese people experienced a variety of vicissitudes and were involved in international disputes, eventually, for the first time in their history, experiencing the horrors of modern warfare on their own soil during World War II.
Nevertheless, China was unfortunately unable to understand Japan's real position, and it is greatly to be regretted that the Sino-Japanese War became one of long duration.
After the Second World War, people in Japan no longer died for their country, and even that expression was no longer used.
Japan is the only country in the world to have suffered the ravages of atomic bombing. That experience left an indelible mark on the hearts of our people, making them passionately determined to renounce all wars.
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