The way Japan had tried to build up a modern state modelled on the West was cataclysmic.
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On the other hand, the culture of modern Japan, which implied being thoroughly open to the West or at least that impeded understanding by the West.Kenzaburo Oe
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.
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What was more, Japan was driven into isolation from other Asian countries, not only politically but also socially and culturally.
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I have survived by representing these sufferings of mine in the form of the novel.
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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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