# Discussion on Japan's War Justifications

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2080533921201315882
- Source account: [@nagai_tomohiro](https://x.com/nagai_tomohiro)
- Source language: Japanese
- Target language: English
- Duration: 1:35
- Published: 2026-11-05
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- Canonical URL: https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/RYyPkElBTAwl/transcript-of-discussion-on-japans-war-justifications

## Transcript

[0:00](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/RYyPkElBTAwl/transcript-of-discussion-on-japans-war-justifications) Do you think Japan's war was a war of self- defense and survival for Japan?

[0:04](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/RYyPkElBTAwl/transcript-of-discussion-on-japans-war-justifications?t=4) For Japan? Yeah. Um, that's what I think.

[0:08](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/RYyPkElBTAwl/transcript-of-discussion-on-japans-war-justifications?t=8) Wouldn't you say so? The Japanese military started the Manchurian Incident, The Kwantung Army set it in motion.

[0:13](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/RYyPkElBTAwl/transcript-of-discussion-on-japans-war-justifications?t=13) They fabricated it. That was clearly a war of aggression.

[0:18](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/RYyPkElBTAwl/transcript-of-discussion-on-japans-war-justifications?t=18) And China, too… Why did Japan have to fight the Second Sino-Japanese War?

[0:20](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/RYyPkElBTAwl/transcript-of-discussion-on-japans-war-justifications?t=20) For Japan? How was that self-defense and survival?

[0:24](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/RYyPkElBTAwl/transcript-of-discussion-on-japans-war-justifications?t=24) Yeah, I… Mr. Nakatsuru, too, says the Manchurian Incident…

[0:28](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/RYyPkElBTAwl/transcript-of-discussion-on-japans-war-justifications?t=28) He says now that it was wrong. Mr. Koizumi says it was wrong, too.

[0:32](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/RYyPkElBTAwl/transcript-of-discussion-on-japans-war-justifications?t=32) Why, there in Manchuria, did Japan… …invade in the name of self-defense, and have to do something like that? Yeah.

[0:41](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/RYyPkElBTAwl/transcript-of-discussion-on-japans-war-justifications?t=41) Um, ah, you mean including the Manchurian Incident.

[0:45](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/RYyPkElBTAwl/transcript-of-discussion-on-japans-war-justifications?t=45) Manchuria, the Second Sino-Japanese War. Yeah.

[0:46](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/RYyPkElBTAwl/transcript-of-discussion-on-japans-war-justifications?t=46) Well, in that sense, the international norms of that time, of that time…

[0:51](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/RYyPkElBTAwl/transcript-of-discussion-on-japans-war-justifications?t=51) Considering the trends in the international community…

[0:54](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/RYyPkElBTAwl/transcript-of-discussion-on-japans-war-justifications?t=54) Well, colonial policies were commonplace.

[0:58](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/RYyPkElBTAwl/transcript-of-discussion-on-japans-war-justifications?t=58) Um, you know, okay? Just a moment… I think Tanonaka knows more about that, though…

[1:02](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/RYyPkElBTAwl/transcript-of-discussion-on-japans-war-justifications?t=62) Under the Washington Treaty, we agreed not to create any new colonies.

[1:07](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/RYyPkElBTAwl/transcript-of-discussion-on-japans-war-justifications?t=67) And we agreed to the Open Door Policy toward China.

[1:09](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/RYyPkElBTAwl/transcript-of-discussion-on-japans-war-justifications?t=69) We decided not to invade, didn't we? Japan signed it too, didn't it?

[1:14](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/RYyPkElBTAwl/transcript-of-discussion-on-japans-war-justifications?t=74) This is absolutely, absolutely a violation.

[1:17](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/RYyPkElBTAwl/transcript-of-discussion-on-japans-war-justifications?t=77) You know, something like that, you… Calling it self-preservation and self-defense is ignorant.

[1:20](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/RYyPkElBTAwl/transcript-of-discussion-on-japans-war-justifications?t=80) It's absurd for such an ignorant person to be a member of parliament.

[1:22](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/RYyPkElBTAwl/transcript-of-discussion-on-japans-war-justifications?t=82) At the very least, I think it was a war for security That's what I think. That is…

[1:26](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/RYyPkElBTAwl/transcript-of-discussion-on-japans-war-justifications?t=86) What about the Chinese people's right to live and be independent?

[1:30](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/RYyPkElBTAwl/transcript-of-discussion-on-japans-war-justifications?t=90) You shouldn't say such childish things. A member of parliament, you know.