The Ambiguous Orientation Of Japan

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.

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.

I Have Survived By Representing These Sufferings Of Mine In The Form Of The Novel.

The Ambiguous Orientation Of Japan Drove The Country Into The Position Of An Invader In Asia.

However, Please Allow Me To Say That The Fundamental Style Of My Writing Has Been To Start From My Personal Matters And Then To Link It Up With Society, The State And The World.