Can Japanese culture “save humanity’s end”!? – 日本文化が「人類の終末」を救う!?
[Nihongo Spirit – April 2024 Issue]
The “Doomsday Clock,” regularly published by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists in the United States, pointed to “90 seconds” in 2023.
アメリカの原子力科学者会報が定期的に発表している「人類の終末時計」が2023年に「90秒」を指しました。
This parallels humanity’s doomsday to midnight, signifying the time until that end as “remaining seconds.”
核戦争や気候変動などによる人類の終末を午前0時になぞらえ、その終末までの時間を「残り何秒」の形で示します。
Now, around the world, a movement is spreading among young people who choose not to have children, motivated by the desire not to subject them to crises like climate change.
今、世界では、気候変動による危機などで子どもを苦しめたくないとして、子どもを持たないことを選択する運動が若者たちの間で広がっています。
Politicians aim to win elections by proposing policies to help the poor now, rather than addressing future crises.
政治家は、いずれ訪れる危機よりも、今、貧しい人達を救う政策を打ち出して、選挙に勝とうとします。
In reality, it’s the powerful individuals and politicians colluding with the wealthy who are causing suffering for the poor.
実のところ、貧しい人々を苦しめているのは、富める者と癒着している権力者や政治家です。
However, people caught up in daily life often support them as saviors.
ところが、日々の生活に追われる人々は、彼らを救済者として支持します。
Politicians, building their power on the support of the poor, can become dictatorial, and when power becomes too concentrated, they may even plunge the country into destruction due to delusions.
政治家は貧しい人々の支持を基盤にして独裁化していき、権力集中が過ぎると妄想にかられて国を滅ぼす事態にさえ陥ります。
Such history has repeated itself many times over, and it seems poised to repeat once more.
このような歴史は何度も繰り返されてきました。そして、今また繰り返されようとしています。
Rather than the qualities of the politicians themselves, isn’t it the responsibility of the citizens who fail to discern them?
これは、政治家自身の資質というより、それを見抜けない国民に責任があるのではないでしょうか。
While Japanese people possess a spirit of compassion toward others, they believed they were fighting for their own country’s interests when wars with foreign nations broke out.
日本人は相手を思いやる精神性を持ちながら、外国との戦争が始まると自国の利益のためと信じて戦いました。
After the defeat in the war, Japan reconstructed its economy and eventually became known as a cultural superpower.
敗戦後、日本は経済を復興させ、文化大国と言われるまでになりました。
Now is the time for Japan to acknowledge its historical facts, reflect upon them, and advocate for world peace through culture.
今こそ日本は過去の歴史的事実を受け止めて反省し、文化を通じて世界平和を呼びかけるべきです。
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