25 November 1970, JGSDF Camp Ichigaya, Tokyo, Japan
It is a wretched affair, to have to speak to Jieitai men in circumstances like these. I thought, that the Jieitai was the last hope of Nippon, the last stronghold of the Japanese soul. But..... Japanese people today think of most money, just money. where is our national spirit today? The politicians care nothing for Japan. they are greedy for power. The Jieitai, must be the soul of Nippon. The soldiers! The army! But.... we were betrayed by the Jieitai! Listen! Listen! Hear me out! We thought that the Jieitai was the soul of national honor! The nation has no spiritual foundation. that is why you don't agree with me! You don't understand Japan. The Jieitai must put things right! Listen! Be quiet, will you! Listen! Don't you hear! Listen! Hear me out! Just listen to me! What happened last year? On October 21? There was a demonstration, an anti-war demonstration. On October 21 last year. In Shinjuku. And the police put it down. The police! after that there was, and there will be, no chance to amend the Constitution. So, the Jiminto (the Liberal Democratic Party), the politicians, decided that they could use the police. The police would deal with the demonstrations, Don't you see? Look! The government did not use the Jieitai. The Armed Forces stayed in their barracks. The Constitution is fixed forever. There will be no chance to amend it. Do you understand? All right. Listen! Since last October 21, since that time, it is you who protect the Constitution. The Jieitai defends the Constitution. There will be no chance to amend it. Not for twenty years! The Jieitai waited for that chance, with tears in their eyes. Too late! Why don't you understand? Think about October 21 last year! Since that time I have waited for the Jieitai to act! When would the Jieitai come to its senses? I waited. there will be no further chance to revise the Constitution! The Jieitai will never become an army! It has no foundation, no center! The Jieitai must rise. Why? To protect Japan! You must protect Japan! To protect Japan! Yes, to protect Japan! Japanese tradition! Our history! Our culture! The Emperor! Listen! Listen! Listen! Listen! A man appeals to you! A man! I am staking my life on this! Do you hear? Do you follow me? If you do not rise with, if the Jieitai will not rise, the Constitution will never be amended! You will just be American mercenaries! American troops! I have waited for four years! Yes, four years! I wanted the Jietai to rise! Four years! I have come to the last thirty minutes, Yes the last thirty minutes. I am waiting, i want... Are you bushi? Are you men? You are soldiers! Then why do you not stand by the Constitution? You back the Constitution that denies your very existence! Then you have no future! You will never be saved! It is the end! The Constitution will remain forever. You are finished! You are unconstitutional! Listen! You are unconstitutional! The Jieitai is unconstitutional! You are all unconstitutional! Don't you understand? Don't you see what is happening? Don't you understand that it is you who defend the constitution? Why not? Why don't you understand? I have been waiting for you. Why don't you wake up? There you are in your tiny world. You do nothing for Nippon! Will any of you rise with me? You say that! Have you studied Bu (the warrior ethic)? Do you understand the way of the sword? What does the sword mean to a Japanese?... I ask you. Are you men? Are you bushi? I see that you are not. You will not rise. You will do nothing! The constitution means nothing to you. You are not interested. I have lost my dream of Jieitai! I salute the emperor! Tenno Heika Banzai! Tenno Heika Banzai!It is a wretched affair, to have to speak to Jieitai men in circumstances like these. I thought, that the Jieitai was the last hope of Nippon, the last stronghold of the Japanese soul. But..... Japanese people today think of most money, just money. where is our national spirit today? The politicians care nothing for Japan. they are greedy for power. The Jieitai, must be the soul of Nippon. The soldiers! The army! But.... we were betrayed by the Jieitai! Listen! Listen! Hear me out! We thought that the Jieitai was the soul of national honor! The nation has no spiritual foundation. that is why you don't agree with me! You don't understand Japan. The Jieitai must put things right! Listen! Be quiet, will you! Listen! Don't you hear! Listen! Hear me out! Just listen to me! What happened last year? On October 21? There was a demonstration, an anti-war demonstration. On October 21 last year. In Shinjuku. And the police put it down. The police! after that there was, and there will be, no chance to amend the Constitution. So, the Jiminto (the Liberal Democratic Party), the politicians, decided that they could use the police. The police would deal with the demonstrations, Don't you see? Look! The government did not use the Jieitai. The Armed Forces stayed in their barracks. The Constitution is fixed forever. There will be no chance to amend it. Do you understand? All right. Listen! Since last October 21, since that time, it is you who protect the Constitution. The Jieitai defends the Constitution. There will be no chance to amend it. Not for twenty years! The Jieitai waited for that chance, with tears in their eyes. Too late! Why don't you understand? Think about October 21 last year! Since that time I have waited for the Jieitai to act! When would the Jieitai come to its senses? I waited. there will be no further chance to revise the Constitution! The Jieitai will never become an army! It has no foundation, no center! The Jieitai must rise. Why? To protect Japan! You must protect Japan! To protect Japan! Yes, to protect Japan! Japanese tradition! Our history! Our culture! The Emperor! Listen! Listen! Listen! Listen! A man appeals to you! A man! I am staking my life on this! Do you hear? Do you follow me? If you do not rise with, if the Jieitai will not rise, the Constitution will never be amended! You will just be American mercenaries! American troops! I have waited for four years! Yes, four years! I wanted the Jietai to rise! Four years! I have come to the last thirty minutes, Yes the last thirty minutes. I am waiting, i want... Are you bushi? Are you men? You are soldiers! Then why do you not stand by the Constitution? You back the Constitution that denies your very existence! Then you have no future! You will never be saved! It is the end! The Constitution will remain forever. You are finished! You are unconstitutional! Listen! You are unconstitutional! The Jieitai is unconstitutional! You are all unconstitutional! Don't you understand? Don't you see what is happening? Don't you understand that it is you who defend the constitution? Why not? Why don't you understand? I have been waiting for you. Why don't you wake up? There you are in your tiny world. You do nothing for Nippon! Will any of you rise with me? You say that! Have you studied Bu (the warrior ethic)? Do you understand the way of the sword? What does the sword mean to a Japanese?... I ask you. Are you men? Are you bushi? I see that you are not. You will not rise. You will do nothing! The constitution means nothing to you. You are not interested. I have lost my dream of Jieitai! I salute the emperor! Tenno Heika Banzai! Tenno Heika Banzai!