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FT社説、アジア諸国の第二次大戦の歴史への見方について
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August 16, 2015 4:09 pm
Asia should focus more on the future than the past
Seventy years after the war, it is time to draw a line under history
アジア諸国は、過去ではなく、未来により多く焦点をあわせるべきだ
戦後七十年を経て、歴史に区切りを付ける時期だ
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Partly, this is because of genuine feelings among Chinese and South Koreans that
Japan has never fully repented for the horrors it inflicted. Partly, it is
because of a cynical exercise to keep the flames of hatred alive. That is
particularly true of China’s Communist party, which uses anti-Japanese sentiment
to bolster its own legitimacy.
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Still, Japan should be judged by the country’s actions. Its armed forces have not
fired a single bullet at an enemy in 70 years. Pacifism is deeply ingrained.
Mr Abe had some words about the future too. Young generations of Japanese, he said,
born decades after the war, should not have to keep apologising for the sins of
their forefathers. History, he said, “should be engraved in our hearts”, but
should not be continually evoked to browbeat the young who bear no responsibility
for those events. Though history’s lessons must never be forgotten, there is a
time to draw a line under the past. For the prospects of peace in Asia, that
time is now.
（draw a line【動】線［境界線］を引く、境界を定める［設ける・つける］〈比喩〉ボー
ダーライン［限度・限界］を設ける［決め］る、一線を画する）
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