Three Key Moments In Modern Japanese History

There are in the history of some nations moments so dramatic as to grip the imagination for centuries, moments that merit a place in the textbooks of the world. They embody an enduring lesson for other nations to heed.

I would distinguish three such moments in the life of Japan over the past 130 years. The first falls at the very beginning of this time span, whereas the third is taking place right now. It has yet to reach full maturity and take on final shape, and it may well be that even in Japan there are those who have not grasped its significance.

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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Mr. Solzhenitsyn (1918–2008) won the 1970 Nobel Prize in Literature.

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There are in the history of some nations moments so dramatic as to grip the imagination for centuries, moments that merit a place in the textbooks of the world. They embody an enduring lesson for other nations to heed.

I would distinguish three such moments in the life of Japan over the past 130 years. The first falls at the very beginning of this time span, whereas the third is taking place right now. It has yet to reach full maturity and take on final shape, and it may well be that even in Japan there are those who have not grasped its significance.