“My observation is that after one hundred and twenty years of modernisation since the opening of the country, present-day Japan is split between two opposite poles of ambiguity.” YearsTwoCountryHundredOppositesTwentiesOpeningObservationJapanSplitsAmbiguityPresent DayTwo OppositesModernisation Author:Kenzaburo Oe
“The ambiguous orientation of Japan drove the country into the position of an invader in Asia.” CountryPositionJapanAsiaOrientationAmbiguousInvaders Author:Kenzaburo Oe
“Paradoxically, the people and state of Japan living on such moral props were not innocent but had been stained by their own past history of invading other Asian countries.” PeopleCountryStatesPastMoralInnocentInnocenceJapanAsianLiving OnPropsInvadingAsian Countries Author:Kenzaburo Oe
