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Challenge of heart and pride of the Japanese "

My father died, when the twenty-nine years. It was that after only one week from across the intent never to the United States. Incurable disease called aplastic anemia. Deputy director of the attending physician because it was a year or so of hospital life "to the life of the father might be tomorrow, it may be a year later. It is I do not even know. If I you give me," my back that has been hesitant and was me press.

He was a proud man. Or from the constitution, many times it takes to disease called intestinal obstruction I had received a major surgery that wander the life and death. It was the time of certain high school students. He was the chief engineer of the foreign route where it had fallen in the room, was discovered by chance in subordinates. and "I want to die if in Japan die". The normally be asked to forcibly put on a plane to be denied boarding, and has been transported from the Philippines to Japanese airports. At the airport hospital ambulance waiting, received emergency surgery is conveyed. The family had decided the resolution, but this time survived. Deputy director was amazed middle and "I was silent until so be why. Must was considerably painful." Is it annoying I thought it over is not the company, but so also did not look painful practice swing.

Father our generation is doing to the company, it is thus Japan, but people who have been working desperately to believe that would be for the family. It was also a generation with pride as Japanese. Commando was the volunteers, but was dropped in the test because it was not cod height at younger. Suddenly growth in height to about next year, had regrets as early as one year after. Name It is also no street of the person, but the soul of this people probably have supported the foundation of this country.

I received a phone call of the obituary from Japan I was stunned. Once out of the Japan, father do not die, I had vague premonition that. However, I did not think so fast.

After all, it did not return to the funeral. At that time my sister was a high school students, "It can not be even came back a brother. As it should I put" me to say. Only one week in Tobei. If return home while the right does not even know the left, there is an awareness that not come back. As it is those who through the original intention has not than me happy even father. Only to leave the funeral is, It will not be is a filial piety. It was so telling myself.

Father, exist to still my mind as a matter of course. Thirty lost a person that becomes the role model I am, there is plenty that you want to listen to my father now. I wonder if this country had what poetry. Whether the proud Japan, it has gone.

In the past, bureaucratic career, politicians, and going to pull this country had a strong pride of my us. Too late and not even think Candidate attempts to the scandal that enliven the mass media. However, all of the incidents thing of disinterested cult absolutely no relationship to the fate of this country. Although not materially poor Japan no longer exists, on the other hand, or would not have than spiritual part of as Japanese are becoming more and more lost.

Education, government, politics. Metal fatigue has become noticeable so in many places. It is, I like has stagnated in the landing for the next growth, they think, but in reality to not direct the eye patching up measures will not be the next stage. While conflict and the feeling that tends to flow to the day-to-day Yasuki, it is suffering. Children will also be a high school student, and became a year to go to tell something to the next generation. Is it, would not in pride and challenge to go attitude to something even from Muichimotsu as Japanese rather than never material things.

(Same editorial, published in the issue a decade ago of June 2004. Its contents, it has re-published sic Upon monthly Harajuku newspaper of origin also say things. Three years after the earthquake reissue)（2015-06-09）