Japanese school textbooks are sometimes wonderfully and movingly written down. Even if the author is well-known, the general reader has no way of noticing when the text is written for a textbook. It is so regrettable that we are reproducing it secretly on our blog. If the copyright holder requests us to remove it, we will comply with the request. In the meantime, I hope that as many people as possible will notice it.
The late Tomonobu Imamichi (1922 - 2012): Philosopher. He was active in a wide range of Western philosophical fields, including ancient and medieval philosophy, aesthetics, and ethics, and was a founder of Eco-Ethica (Ethics of the Biosphere). He is well known in the West, having served as vice president of the International Society for Aesthetics, director of the International Institute of Philosophy in Paris, and president of the International Metaphysical Society. His first book was a discussion of Chinese philosophy in German. For this reason, he is also regarded as a Chinese philosopher in Europe and the United States.
Source: Mitsumura Books, 2016, Junior High School Japanese Language Textbook, “Japanese 3,” pp. 236-9, new writing for this book.
"Warm Soup” by Tomonobu Imamichi
World War II ended with Japan's surrender in the summer of 1945. Before and after that time, Japan was the hated country of the world. It may be hard to believe, but for a while after the war, Japan was not allowed to participate in the Olympic Games, a peaceful sports festival for young people from all over the world. Before lamenting the harshness of such international evaluations, we must humbly reflect on the self-righteous nationalism and nationalism of Japan in the past, which had to receive such harsh criticism. Because of such a situation, Japan was not allowed to join the world economic organization, and there was a time when both Japan and the Japanese people were miserable. I would like to write about an experience from that time that made me think about what internationalism really means.
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