Author: Kenzaburo Oe

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After the end of the Second World War it was a categorical imperative for us to declare that we renounced war forever in a central article of the new Constitution.

After the end of the Second World War it was a categorical imperative for us to declare that we renounced war forever in a central article of the new Constitution.

- Kenzaburo Oe

The Japanese chose the principle of eternal peace as the basis of morality for our rebirth after the War.

The Japanese chose the principle of eternal peace as the basis of morality for our rebirth after the War.

- 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.

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.

- Kenzaburo Oe

However, please allow me to say that the fundamental style of my writing has been to start from my personal matters and then to link it up with society, the state and the world.

However, please allow me to say that the fundamental style of my writing has been to start from my personal matters and then to link it up with society, the state and the world.

- Kenzaburo Oe

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