2015年CRI 日本老兵抨击否认侵略历史的政客

 

Nakajima Goro was only 12 years old when the July 7 Incident happened in 1937, but he and his friends took it for granted that they should fight for the Emperor in the future, because they were taught so since they were very little.

"The system Japan used to manipulate its people centered on the Emperor, and was guided by strong outward expansion with 'prosperous country with a powerful army' as a slogan. Japan was actively¹ building its military forces in order to expand its power. Since Japan itself has few resources, it wanted to invade China. We were growing up under such militaristic education..."

He joined in the Japanese army in March 1945, and participated in the looting in east China's Shandong Province.

"The locals ran away as soon as we started looting the village, without even one person left. We could only grab the cattle and rice, something edible² like that. We were not aware of the bad deeds we were doing. We did everything the leaders ordered, just like robots."

Nakajima was seriously wounded in a fight with the Eighth Route Army. He thought he was going to die, but medical staff with the Eighth saved his life.

He returned to Japan in September 1946, and has been living a normal life since then.

However, he could not forget the experience in China, and felt concerned about the current leadership in Japan not apologizing for the aggression³, and not being able to face up to the facts.

"Most Japanese soldiers who joined the war of aggression against China, just like me, mentioned nothing of what they had done because they had done really bad things to China. However, some politicians like Shinzo Abe knew the atrocity⁴ Japanese troops did in the war, but put up an innocent face, saying something like it was nonsense like 'talking that equals humiliating ourselves' about Japan's wrongdoing in the past."

Nakajima Goro started to deliver speeches about the aggression at the age of 80 to let more Japanese people know the history and reflect on the war.

For CRI, I am Niu Honglin.

1 actively   

adv.积极地，勤奋地

参考例句：

• During this period all the students were actively participating.在这节课中所有的学生都积极参加。
• We are actively intervening to settle a quarrel.我们正在积极调解争执。

2 edible   

n.食品，食物；adj.可食用的

参考例句：

• Edible wild herbs kept us from dying of starvation.我们靠着野菜才没被饿死。
• This kind of mushroom is edible,but that kind is not.这种蘑菇吃得，那种吃不得。

3 aggression   

n.进攻，侵略，侵犯，侵害

参考例句：

• So long as we are firmly united, we need fear no aggression.只要我们紧密地团结，就不必惧怕外来侵略。
• Her view is that aggression is part of human nature.她认为攻击性是人类本性的一部份。

4 atrocity   

n.残暴，暴行

参考例句：

• These people are guilty of acts of great atrocity.这些人犯有令人发指的暴行。
• I am shocked by the atrocity of this man's crimes.这个人行凶手段残忍狠毒使我震惊。