Japanese people have the virtue of modesty. Silence is better than eloquence for Japanese people and is the principle of ordinary Japanese people. After World War Two, the U.S. took advantage of this modesty and brainwashed Japanese people into believing that Japan used to be an evil country. Besides, Chinese and Korean operatives illegally slipped into Japan and are continuing to destroy the spiritual backbone of Japan like the Japanese culture, history and mentality.
The picture shows the history textbook. It's a non-biased one. I think it's neutral and has nothing wrong with it. To my surprise, South Korea started to make complaints against Japan on the day that this textbook was presented to the public. I wondered when they checked its content. I think they accuse Japan just for the accusing itself. Anyway, we have been educated using textbooks that were authored by leftists. Consequently we have been brainwashed, of course, including me. As for me, I was lucky to find that I was controlled by leftists and could get out of their control. This new textbook in the picture was acknowledged as one of the formal textbooks. This textbook will make Japanese people awake who are now under the spell of Douglas MacArthur.
However important modesty is to Japanese people, there are limitations. We started to express our own opinions to the world and also started to want to have nuclear weapons. At the L'Aquila Summit, our Prime Minister, Aso, declared stoutly against the Russian President, Medvedev, that there wouldn't be any partnership between Japan and Russia if they don't return our northern islands.
The U.S. announced that the Senkaku islands belonged to Japan, though China insisted that the islands were their land. Besides, the U.S. forced China to get hard on North Korea in order to avoid the possession of nuclear weapons. The U.S., knowing well enough the potential of Japan, wouldn't want Japan to have the button of the absolute weapon.
(Vocabulary)
Virtue of modesty 謙遜の美徳
eloquence 雄弁さ
principle [C,U] 行動規範, 信条, 主義
He has no principles at all. 彼には信条のかけらもない.
take advantage of people's kindness 人の好意につけ込む
brainwash somebody into doing something
<人>を洗脳して<…>させる
(espionage) agent / operative 工作員
illegally slip into country 不法入国する
have limitations 限界がある
L'Aquila 【地名】ラクイラ〔イタリア〕
Medvedev メドベージェフ
stoutly 断固として, 頑強に
be under the spell of ~の呪いをかけられる
leftist 左翼[左派]の人
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