The ambiguous orientation of Japan drove the country...... Quote by "Kenzaburo Oe"

The ambiguous orientation of Japan drove the country into the position of an invader in Asia.
— Kenzaburo Oe

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Other Quotes by "Kenzaburo Oe"

My observation is that after one hundred and twenty years of modernisation since the opening of the country, present-day Japan is split between two opposite poles of ambiguity.
— Kenzaburo Oe

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In Japan itself there have all along been attempts by some to obliterate the article about renunciation of war from the Constitution and for this purpose they have taken every opportunity to make use of pressures from abroad.
— Kenzaburo Oe

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In the recent years there have been criticisms levelled against Japan suggesting that she should offer more military forces to the United Nations forces and thereby play a more active role in the keeping and restoration of peace in various parts of the world.
— Kenzaburo Oe

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By reading Huckleberry Finn I felt I was able to justify my act of going into the mountain forest at night and sleeping among the trees with a sense of security which I could never find indoors.
— Kenzaburo Oe

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

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