Some think of Europe's war as a heaven-sent blessing for Japan, and it is indeed a blessing, but we must prepare now for what comes next. Should we not cultivate our own autonomous and independent strength? Should not ethnic totalitarianism evolve into supra-ethnic regionalism?
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26 September 1939, Inter-Parliamentary Union Delegation Travel Diary to the U.S. and Europe — 30 June to 2 October 1939 — Transcription and Commentary, trans. from Japanese. In Dōshisha Hōgaku (Doshisha Law Review), Vol. 73 No. 1 (2021)