We have listened here to the delegates who have recalled the terrible… — Shigeru Yoshida

We have listened here to the delegates who have recalled the terrible human suffering, and the great material destruction of the late war in the Pacific. It is with feelings of sorrow that we recall the part played in that catastrophic human experience by the old Japan.

Shigeru YoshidaPolitician · Japanese · 1878 – 1967

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