The ambiguous orientation of Japan drove the country into the position of an invader in Asia.
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Paradoxically, the people and state of Japan living on such moral props were not innocent but had been stained by their own past history of invading other Asian countries.Kenzaburo Oe
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.
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However, please allow me to say that the fundamental style of my writing has been to start from my personal matters and then to link it up with society, the state and the world.
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During the last few years I have been engaged in writing a trilogy which I wish to be the culmination of my literary activities.
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After I got married, the first child born to us was mentally handicapped.
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