特別転記：NYT映画「日本再武装」のスクリプト（3）

Chapter 3 D??j?? Vu?

ビデオ本編

NARRATOR:
Japan is asserting itself militarily. 
It is embracing right-wing nationalism.
It is denying its wartime atrocities.
And it is flirting with nuclear weapons.

Is Japan on a path to repeating the mistakes of its past?

YUKI TANAKA: Professor, Hiroshima City University
“I think it would take a little bit long to change Japanese people’s idea on the nuclear issues, nuclear weapons, because we still have a very strong anti-nuclear sentiment.  However, my concern is the younger generations forgetting about the nuclear issue.”

NARRATOR:
On a recent evening at Waseda University in Tokyo, a group of sociology students met with their professor to discuss political developments in Japan.

PROFESSOR:
“Do you think we should arm with nuclear weapons?”

LEE JINHEE: Waseda University student
“If we don’t want to rely on the States, may be we should have the nuclear weapon. We have to have the…（軍隊って何て言うんでしたっけ）army, army.”

SAORI KAWAZOE: Waseda University student
“It would be really disappointing if we decide to have nuclear weapons, but I think it would be one solution to threat in the North Korea, although it is disappointing, and I wouldn’t like it.”

YUSUKE KANO: Waseda University student
“We have to be proud of the Japanese Constitution for the prohibition of nuclear weapons, because we were the only victim in the world.”

TOMOHIKO TANIGUCHI: Deputy Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
 “Lots of debates are going on. There’s a range of opinions. But frankly speaking, it seems to be difficult for non-Japanese speakers really to look into what’s being discussed, what’s not been discussed, to which direction Japan is headed for. I think the maxim that ‘Sunshine is always the best disinfectant’ holds here. You have to show to the world that you’re debating. Then, people in the world, the rest of Asia, can be relaxed about to which direction Japan is headed for.”

YUKI TANAKA: 
“There’s no doubt that the Japanese made atrocities against the Chinese. There’s no doubt we killed tens of thousands of Asian people, including Chinese people. There’s no doubt that we have a responsibility to pay compensations, to individuals, not the government. So somehow, we have to face with these problems and properly deal with them. Otherwise, we cannot get away from this problem forever.”

(END of Film)

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Last Updated 2007.07.26