The following is from Takayama Masayuki's serialized column at the end of today's issue of Weekly Shincho.
This article also proves that he is the one and only journalist in the post-war world.
This article also proves that he is the most deserving of the Nobel Prize for Literature or the Nobel Peace Prize.
It is a must-read not only for the Japanese people but also for people worldwide, inviting a global audience to engage with its profound insights.
Yamagata Aritomo's apprehensions
The Japanese saw the Chinese in person for the first time during the Sino-Japanese War.
They were extremely timid and quickly ran away.
Caution is advised, as pursuing them too far might lead you into their trap.
What will happen if you fall into their hands?
On the morning after the capture of Pyongyang, First Army Commander Yamagata Aritomo issued a speech to all soldiers.
「Enemy nations have been extremely cruel since ancient times. If you are captured alive, you will be subjected to cruel pain worse than death, and in the end, your ears and nose will be cut off, your eyes will be gouged out, your penis will be cut off, and your limbs will be cut off...」
Japanese soldiers who entered enemy territory saw the severed limbs of their comrades hanging from the eaves of houses many times.
When the war ended, an exchange of prisoners took place.
From the Japanese side, 1,800 people who had been captured while injured returned home in good health, but only one person returned from China.
All of the hundreds of people who were missing during the war had had their limbs cut off.
Even in peacetime, we didn't want to associate with the Chinese.
Everyone thought this, but Aritomo Yamagata was different.
"The West talks about the Yellow Peril, but the reality is that it is the era of the White Peril, with the white race trying to dominate the world."
"The only way to counter this is to join forces with China, which has the same language and culture."
The Qing Dynasty felt the same way.
To modernize China, they stopped the imperial examinations and adopted a policy of sending students to study in the enemy country of Japan.
After the Xinhai Revolution, the students who studied in Japan took the lead in establishing a parliament and holding general elections.
The possibility of a Japan-China alliance was born, but Aritomo was concerned about the true nature of the Chinese people.
Although their coarseness and brutality could be corrected, "the Chinese people have a history of being invaded and conquered by different races."
They have no experience of resisting the strong.
"If the (strong) white man shows his strength, they will not be able to resist."
In response to Aritomo's fears, the Okuma Cabinet issued the well-known 21 Demands on China.
The Chinese were inexperienced in running a country, so they wanted to hire Japanese advisors to help with politics, economics, and public safety.
You could think of them as Meiji-era foreign advisors.
In fact, there was no public safety in China.
Even if you run a train along the capital's main street, the overhead wires will be stolen the next day.
It was a good proposal, but it caused a stir.
It was an American intervention.
In the 19th century, having reached the Pacific coast, the United States set its sights on the Chinese continent as its next "holy mission."
Having taken Hawaii, it next took the Philippines as a "foothold in China" (George Foss, US Congressman).
At the same time, missionaries were sent to China, and after the Russo-Japanese War, Tsinghua University was established, and Chinese students were invited to study in the United States.
When the 21 Demands were issued, the US Minister, Paul Reinsch, provoked Yuan Shikai by asking him if he would bow down to the "barbarian Japan."
Stimulated by the idea of Chinese supremacy, Yuan announced the 21 Demands, and the world accused Japan of arrogance.
It was agitated from the platform of a university by Pearl Buck's husband and other American missionaries, and angry students were made to shout for the exclusion of Japanese goods.
The United States further made Chiang Kai-shek fight Japan by saying, "Manchuria and Mongolia are yours."
Aritomo's dream of a Japan-China alliance was destroyed.
Until yesterday, Americans had been whipping enslaved Black people and killing native peoples.
They felt an affinity for the Chinese's brutality but had no intention of correcting it.
Mao Zedong, who succeeded Chiang, was the same, and the Chinese people grew up with the same personality as they did during the Sino-Japanese War.
During the Jiang Zemin era, they were taught that "the Japanese are the enemy."
A Chinese student studying in Fukuoka attacked a family of four to get some spending money and even brutally murdered an eight-year-old girl.
Hu Jintao let the citizens vent their frustrations by having them attack the Heiwado and Panasonic stores and loot them as they pleased.
Even the modern-day fool, who is made fun of by everyone, could become a national hero if he went to Japan and scribbled graffiti on the Yasukuni Shrine.
A child attending a Japanese school in Shenzhen was stabbed and killed by a Chinese person.
The newspaper wrote, "A vent for frustration over the worsening economy."
What country in the world would kill Japanese people out of frustration?
Why don't they write that the Chinese are crude and brutal?
It is up to you to go to such a country to make money.
But leave your women and children behind.
This article also proves that he is the one and only journalist in the post-war world.
This article also proves that he is the most deserving of the Nobel Prize for Literature or the Nobel Peace Prize.
It is a must-read not only for the Japanese people but also for people worldwide, inviting a global audience to engage with its profound insights.
Yamagata Aritomo's apprehensions
The Japanese saw the Chinese in person for the first time during the Sino-Japanese War.
They were extremely timid and quickly ran away.
Caution is advised, as pursuing them too far might lead you into their trap.
What will happen if you fall into their hands?
On the morning after the capture of Pyongyang, First Army Commander Yamagata Aritomo issued a speech to all soldiers.
「Enemy nations have been extremely cruel since ancient times. If you are captured alive, you will be subjected to cruel pain worse than death, and in the end, your ears and nose will be cut off, your eyes will be gouged out, your penis will be cut off, and your limbs will be cut off...」
Japanese soldiers who entered enemy territory saw the severed limbs of their comrades hanging from the eaves of houses many times.
When the war ended, an exchange of prisoners took place.
From the Japanese side, 1,800 people who had been captured while injured returned home in good health, but only one person returned from China.
All of the hundreds of people who were missing during the war had had their limbs cut off.
Even in peacetime, we didn't want to associate with the Chinese.
Everyone thought this, but Aritomo Yamagata was different.
"The West talks about the Yellow Peril, but the reality is that it is the era of the White Peril, with the white race trying to dominate the world."
"The only way to counter this is to join forces with China, which has the same language and culture."
The Qing Dynasty felt the same way.
To modernize China, they stopped the imperial examinations and adopted a policy of sending students to study in the enemy country of Japan.
After the Xinhai Revolution, the students who studied in Japan took the lead in establishing a parliament and holding general elections.
The possibility of a Japan-China alliance was born, but Aritomo was concerned about the true nature of the Chinese people.
Although their coarseness and brutality could be corrected, "the Chinese people have a history of being invaded and conquered by different races."
They have no experience of resisting the strong.
"If the (strong) white man shows his strength, they will not be able to resist."
In response to Aritomo's fears, the Okuma Cabinet issued the well-known 21 Demands on China.
The Chinese were inexperienced in running a country, so they wanted to hire Japanese advisors to help with politics, economics, and public safety.
You could think of them as Meiji-era foreign advisors.
In fact, there was no public safety in China.
Even if you run a train along the capital's main street, the overhead wires will be stolen the next day.
It was a good proposal, but it caused a stir.
It was an American intervention.
In the 19th century, having reached the Pacific coast, the United States set its sights on the Chinese continent as its next "holy mission."
Having taken Hawaii, it next took the Philippines as a "foothold in China" (George Foss, US Congressman).
At the same time, missionaries were sent to China, and after the Russo-Japanese War, Tsinghua University was established, and Chinese students were invited to study in the United States.
When the 21 Demands were issued, the US Minister, Paul Reinsch, provoked Yuan Shikai by asking him if he would bow down to the "barbarian Japan."
Stimulated by the idea of Chinese supremacy, Yuan announced the 21 Demands, and the world accused Japan of arrogance.
It was agitated from the platform of a university by Pearl Buck's husband and other American missionaries, and angry students were made to shout for the exclusion of Japanese goods.
The United States further made Chiang Kai-shek fight Japan by saying, "Manchuria and Mongolia are yours."
Aritomo's dream of a Japan-China alliance was destroyed.
Until yesterday, Americans had been whipping enslaved Black people and killing native peoples.
They felt an affinity for the Chinese's brutality but had no intention of correcting it.
Mao Zedong, who succeeded Chiang, was the same, and the Chinese people grew up with the same personality as they did during the Sino-Japanese War.
During the Jiang Zemin era, they were taught that "the Japanese are the enemy."
A Chinese student studying in Fukuoka attacked a family of four to get some spending money and even brutally murdered an eight-year-old girl.
Hu Jintao let the citizens vent their frustrations by having them attack the Heiwado and Panasonic stores and loot them as they pleased.
Even the modern-day fool, who is made fun of by everyone, could become a national hero if he went to Japan and scribbled graffiti on the Yasukuni Shrine.
A child attending a Japanese school in Shenzhen was stabbed and killed by a Chinese person.
The newspaper wrote, "A vent for frustration over the worsening economy."
What country in the world would kill Japanese people out of frustration?
Why don't they write that the Chinese are crude and brutal?
It is up to you to go to such a country to make money.
But leave your women and children behind.
2024/9/5 in Onomichi
