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They cannot vote which nations should have a seat on theUnited Nations Security Council(安理会),but ordinary people have shown their feelings.
By Tuesday afternoon,over 11.5 million people in andoutsidede China had signed an online petition(请愿)saying Ja-pan should not succeed in its bid(申词)for an everlasting seat on the Security Council.
The loud call is due to the historical facts in World WarⅡ.Some Japanese politicians said their country is ready to play a more active role in world affairs,and their country's contribution can no longer be limited to economic fields.
The petition by 11.5 million people tells Japan that mon-ey alone cannot buy their hearts.
A new history textbook that a right wing Japanese organization has handed out for official agreement goes so far as to paint Japan as a“victim”in World warⅡ.Its authors even say that China started all the wars between the two countries.Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi turned down an in-vitation to a grand party in Moscow on May 9 to celebrate the 60.th anniversary of the end of War World Ⅱ.Koizumi's absence will do nothing but encourage more probes(追究)into his country's historical baggage.
Japanese politicians continue to visit the Yasukuni Shrine(靖国神社).Wartime leader and war criminal Hideki Tojo,as well as five other hanged war crimials,are buried at the shrine.They talk about peace during the visits and ask theirAsian neighbors to understand Japanese culture,which re-quires them to visit Shinto shrines to mark seasonal celebrations.But they don't see the pains that the Japanese invasion(侵略)brought on other Asian countries.How can a nationsleep with such a history on its conscience(良心)?The a-mount of money Japan gives the United Nations does not nec-essarily give the country the role in international affairs.Neither will an everlasting seat on the Security Council free Japanfrom its historical baggage.
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