Atsuko Abe
Atsuko Abe
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Your Highness, we are at a critical juncture in our nation's history. The disruption of our oil supply was the final straw. It wrecked the economy. Japan is in ruins; millions are out of work. We must repair the damage and ensure it never happens again.
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If you will give me a copy of the letter, I will have the foreign minister prepare a reply.
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Do not speak to me of law. Not after what you have told me.
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That, Your Excellency, is precisely the problem. As long as we are buying Russian oil, we are at their mercy. Japan must have its own resources.
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Our hour has come, ... We are a small island nation, placed by the gods beside a growing Chinese giant. We must have oil.
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The government must speak for you, and the nation, which are the same. That is the law.