In the end, they ended up neither Japanese nor Chinese, orphans of history. Liu Ying-hui sees Taiwan Solidarity Union chairman Su Chin-chiang's recent visit to Japan's Yasukuni Shrine as the first time in 60 years that a Taiwanese politician has made a concrete effort to affirm their experience. He says this "extremely honorable" action means the nation has finally noticed their suffering.
這一次台聯主席蘇進強前往日本靖國神社參拜，劉英輝認為這是 60 年來台灣政治人物第一次以具體行動來肯定台籍日本兵，是「非常可敬」的事，感覺他們心中的委屈終於被國家看見了。