Even though we now have the half-century-old new Constitution, there is a popular sentiment of support for the old one that lives on in reality in some quarters.

Quote by Kenzaburo Oe

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After the end of the Second World War it was a categorical imperative for us...

After the end of the Second World War it was a categorical imperative for us...

From another point of view, a new situation now seems to be arising in which...

From another point of view, a new situation now seems to be arising in which...

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

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

In the recent years there have been criticisms levelled against Japan suggesting that she should...

In the recent years there have been criticisms levelled against Japan suggesting that she should...

After I got married, the first child born to us was mentally handicapped.

After I got married, the first child born to us was mentally handicapped.

As I grew up, I was continually to suffer hardships in different realms of life...

As I grew up, I was continually to suffer hardships in different realms of life...

However, please allow me to say that the fundamental style of my writing has been...

However, please allow me to say that the fundamental style of my writing has been...

Paradoxically, the people and state of Japan living on such moral props were not innocent...

Paradoxically, the people and state of Japan living on such moral props were not innocent...

The ambiguous orientation of Japan drove the country into the position of an invader in...

The ambiguous orientation of Japan drove the country into the position of an invader in...

The way Japan had tried to build up a modern state modelled on the West...

The way Japan had tried to build up a modern state modelled on the West...

By reading Huckleberry Finn I felt I was able to justify my act of going...

By reading Huckleberry Finn I felt I was able to justify my act of going...

I have survived by representing these sufferings of mine in the form of the novel.

I have survived by representing these sufferings of mine in the form of the novel.

My observation is that after one hundred and twenty years of modernisation since the opening...

My observation is that after one hundred and twenty years of modernisation since the opening...

In Japan itself there have all along been attempts by some to obliterate the article...

In Japan itself there have all along been attempts by some to obliterate the article...

I am one of the writers who wish to create serious works of literature which...

I am one of the writers who wish to create serious works of literature which...