Except for such a case as writing a special book or particularly
discussing a state argument (by the way, a state has a similar feeling
of constitution), the word of 'Kuni' is used considerably vaguely
in Japan.
Even though the Right activists shout "Patriotism only is life",
cultured people admonish "Cherish your own kuni", or the
incumbent prime minister determine that let's establish a beautiful
kuni, Japan, and; finally, urgently publish a book titled 'Towards
a beautiful kuni' as his political vision, whatever kuni they are
mentioning, a country, nation or state?
Or, the kuni includes all of them? If so, in case that we look to
Japan from the global point of view, it looks very vague or greedy.
It is my honest impression that they are making a rough estimate.
Looking at the fact that any particular argument does not go up
in Japan in spite of discussing the kuni of Japan with such a rough
estimate, Japanese people may not feel any resistance to observing
the history, present condition and future of kuni with a rough estimate.
This matter may have much to do with the historical facts, 'Japan
wa invaded only twice, which I wrote in the previous blog. Probably
because Japan has not experienced such crises as ancient Jewish
or contemporary Palestinian lost their country, the Armenian nation
in Ottoman Turk's evening or the Jewish nation during the World
War II were terribly exterminated, or Japanese state collapsed after
the defeat in the Pacific War or East German state collapsed after
the fall of the Berlin Wall, Japanese people may be indifferent
about thinking or discussing kuni with a rough estimation.
That crisis after the defeat in the Pacific War was the second invasion;
however, as 2000 or more years passed by since the first invasion
by Jimmu, Japanese people neither disputed thoroughly nor set up
steady countermeasures against the third invasion or the invasions
continuing many times with which they might meet from that time,
and they sought sanctuary in under the umbrella of the Japan and
United States security pact waiting the time passing as a transient
unfortunate occurrence.
The problems regarding kuni should be considered classifying a country,
nation and state properly, and it should be discussed and carried
into action how to harmonise and unify them. Otherwise, Japan may
self-collapse by the invasion from the inside.
The attached photograph is young Bob Dylan when he was singing the
feeling of a country, and Joan Baez is beside him.
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