Paradoxically, the people and state of Japan living on such moral props were not innocent but had been stained by their own past history of invading other Asian countries. Kenzaburo Oe asiancountryhistory Change image and share on social
I have survived by representing these sufferings of mine in the form of the novel. Kenzaburo Oe formminerepresent Change image and share on social
By reading Huckleberry Finn I felt I was able to justify my act of going into the mountain forest at night and sleeping among the trees with a sense of security which I could never find indoors. Kenzaburo Oe actfeltfind Change image and share on social
The ambiguous orientation of Japan drove the country into the position of an invader in Asia. Kenzaburo Oe ambiguousasiacountry Change image and share on social
In the recent years there have been criticisms levelled against Japan suggesting that she should offer more military forces to the United Nations forces and thereby play a more active role in the keeping and restoration of peace in various parts of the world. Kenzaburo Oe activecriticismforce share on social
Even though we now have the half-century-old new Constitution, there is a popular sentiment of support for the old one that lives on in reality in some quarters. Kenzaburo Oe centuryconstitutionhalf Change image and share on social
After I got married, the first child born to us was mentally handicapped. Kenzaburo Oe bearchildhandicap Change image and share on social
In Japan itself there have all along been attempts by some to obliterate the article about renunciation of war from the Constitution and for this purpose they have taken every opportunity to make use of pressures from abroad. Kenzaburo Oe abroadarticleattempt share on social
My observation is that after one hundred and twenty years of modernisation since the opening of the country, present-day Japan is split between two opposite poles of ambiguity. Kenzaburo Oe ambiguitycountryday Change image and share on social
The way Japan had tried to build up a modern state modelled on the West was cataclysmic. Kenzaburo Oe buildcataclysmicjapan Change image and share on social