Reply #1: From the Asahi Shimbun:

[tsuki]

http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200608170061.html

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The passage of time may have managed to calm their ravaged hearts, but they will probably never be able to forget. So how could they allow the country that caused such anguish to act as though it has succeeded in forgetting? If the standpoints were reversed, that would be clearly understandable.

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi prayed at Yasukuni Shrine on Tuesday, the anniversary of the end of World War II. Again, he trotted out his "matters of the heart" rhetoric.

It seems that he treasures his own precious feelings but cannot extend the same consideration to the hearts of others living in neighboring countries that were victimized by his own nation. Koizumi serves as representative of the Japanese people, yet we cannot help but notice his narrow-mindedness.

Some things in this world cannot be forgotten even after 100 years. I wish Koizumi would handle the issue with compassion and magnanimity. Or is that asking too much?

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