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(From Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry (JJTI))
Byline: Iokibe Makoto
"When pushed to the limits of their endurance, Americans become obsessed by killing and Japanese are drawn to suicide." The author of this statement is none other than Edwin O. Reischauer, who once owned the house in which we are currently living. While I can certainly see the truth behind this observation, which was made by a man who was so deeply conversant with the nature of both the American and Japanese people, I find myself strangely shocked at the realization that, if what he claimed is true, if ever the United States and Japan were to go to war with each other, Japan would ...