The following is from today's Sankei Sho.
The last chapter is an excellent one.
It is not good to apologize without reason.
The young man, K, was arrested without being informed of the charges against him, and a puzzled look appeared on his brow.
When my father scowled at me and told me to tell him what I had done, I felt like I was guilty even if I hadn't done anything. I felt guilty even though I hadn't done anything.
The film "Judgment" is based on Kafka's novel.
It is said that the director, Orson Welles, caricatured the "original sin" that lies dormant in human beings.
It is a frightening psychological portrait if you think about it, but if you have ever used words like "excuse me" as a lubricant in a private setting, you have experienced it daily.
Of course, it is not out of guilt.
There are some precautions in using it, such as choosing the right time, the right person, and the right person.
I thought it would be a useless lecture, especially for those fighting on the front lines of diplomacy, but this is not the case.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said he was "heartbroken" over the so-called "consignee issue.
It is in South Korea, where he was visiting.
At the same time, President Yun Seok-yue declared that Japan and South Korea should separate their future orientation from the historical issue.
It is a helping hand to the Yun administration, which has been criticized for its diplomacy toward Japan.
Although he prefaced his statement with "my own thoughts," it was still unnecessary and could have been taken as an apology.
The term "shuttle" refers to regular round-trip flights.
Considering the increasingly tense situation in East Asia, it is understandable that the government would try to move forward by resuming shuttle diplomacy.
However, one cannot turn a blind eye to South Korea's past behavior.
Whenever there has been a change of administration, relations with Japan have gone back and forth between pro- and anti-Japan.
Diplomacy with South Korea has been a barren shuttle, a lost cause with no way out.
One would not have made it if one had learned from history.
The morning editions of the Tokyo Newspapers on August 8 carried the headline, "My heart aches."
Does it not pain the prime minister's heart to spread the baseless "guilt" in this way?