Japan’s leaders must recognize that the mindlessness with which they still treat the sensitivities of societies that suffered from Japanese imperialism in the twentieth century is as morally deaf as it is strategically damaging. But this process of realization is more likely to succeed if Japan does not feel it stands with its back against a wall.
当然，日本必须起到应有的示范作用。日本领导人必须意识到他们对待亚洲各国敏感问题的愚蠢态度不仅在道义上完全错误，在战略上也万分有害，因为这些亚洲国家在20世纪都曾受到过日本帝国主义的迫害。但只有不让日本感觉走投无路，它才有可能完成这样的认识过程。