In a slightly tipsy moment, he promised to write a book on Chien's life. Although a journalist, Hamasaki was a bit fuzzy about Japan's invasions of its neighbors during World War II, and he knew nothing about his government's steadfast refusal to provide compensation to Taiwanese and Koreans who had served in the Japanese military forces.
身為文化人與傳媒工作者的濱崎紘一，原本對二次大戰期間日本政府侵略鄰國及未予台籍、韓籍日本兵妥善賠償的事毫無所知，而在親身參與這段史實的還原工作後感到羞愧萬分。