“I will also do everything I can to remove from the Yushukan Museum, on the grounds of the Yasukuni Shrine, all exhibits which deny, question, or are insensitive to Japan’s responsibility for waging aggressive war and committing atrocity crimes in the 1930s and 1940s. I will start by removing from its pedestal the steam locomotive that ran on the Thailand-Burma “Death Railway,” the display of which dishonors the more than 100,000 prisoners of war and forced laborers who perished from disease, malnutrition, or maltreatment in its construction.”
“我还将竭尽全力将靖国神社游就馆中所有否认、质疑或对日本在20世纪三四十年代发动侵略战争、犯下残暴罪行无动于衷的陈列移除。首先我将把泰国-缅甸‘死亡铁路’上的蒸汽机车从基座上拆除，这个展品羞辱着100,000多在建设泰缅铁路过程中死于疾病、营养不良和虐待的战俘和被迫劳工。”