Tokyo, Japan - Aug 21, 2026 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of anti-war themed event in progress
2. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Shigeru Ishiba, former Japanese Prime Minister:
"We are now in an era where history can be viewed as objectively as a science - not through ideology or political confrontation. If we don't do this now, then when? That is what I strongly believe."
3. Attendees
4. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Shigeru Ishiba, former Japanese Prime Minister (partially overlaid with shot 5/ending with shot 6):
"In his final message, Kakuei Tanaka said that as long as the people who lived through that war sit at the center of this country, Japan would be fine. What's worrisome is when those people pass away. That is why he said people should study and learn from history. Right now, there are still people who lived through the war - those who fled from the shelling, and those who endured the hardships of the post-war years. But in another decade, such people will likely be gone."
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5. Attendees
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6. Various of event in progress
7. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Shigeru Ishiba, former Japanese Prime Minister (partially overlaid with shot 8):
"In fact, back then, neither the parliament, the government, nor the media could stop the war. Why couldn't they? And what about now? Today, many people like to say things that sound tough. And if you advocate peace, you get dismissed as someone 'living in a garden' -- an unrealistic idealist. People just laugh it off. But I think that way of thinking is itself wrong. We must first understand where we are now and how the situation came to this. Those of us in politics must seriously explain to the people what responsibility we ourselves bear for bringing about this situation."
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8. Event in progress
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9. Attendees

Japan should face up to its wartime history and avoid repeating the mistakes of the past, former Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Friday.

Speaking at an anti-war themed event in Tokyo, Ishiba emphasized the importance of viewing history with the objectivity of a science.

"We are now in an era where history can be viewed as objectively as a science - not through ideology or political confrontation. If we don't do this now, then when? That is what I strongly believe," said Shigeru.

Ishiba stressed the urgency of such an approach, noting that those who lived through the war are passing away.

Citing former Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka, he said Japan could only be safe as long as those who experienced World War II and understood the horror of conflict, remained at the center of the country's leadership.

"In his final message, Kakuei Tanaka said that as long as the people who lived through that war sit at the center of this country, Japan would be fine. What's worrisome is when those people pass away. That is why he said people should study and learn from history. Right now, there are still people who lived through the war - those who fled from the shelling, and those who endured the hardships of the post-war years. But in another decade, such people will likely be gone," he said.

Ishiba stressed that Japan should confront its own problems, rather than avoid history or stoke confrontation.

"In fact, back then, neither the parliament, the government, nor the media could stop the war. Why couldn't they? And what about now? Today, many people like to say things that sound tough. And if you advocate peace, you get dismissed as someone 'living in a garden' -- an unrealistic idealist. People just laugh it off. But I think that way of thinking is itself wrong. We must first understand where we are now and how the situation came to this. Those of us in politics must seriously explain to the people what responsibility we ourselves bear for bringing about this situation," said Ishiba.

日本・東京-2026年8月21日（CCTV-中国大陸での使用は不可）
1.反戦をテーマにしたイベント、進行中
2.同録（日本語）石破茂前首相
「今はもう歴史を科学として客観的に見られる時代になっているはずなんです。で、イデオロギーでもなく、政治的な対立でもなくて、で、今それやらないでどうするのっていうのが私の強い思いではあります」
3.来場者
4.同録（日本語）石破茂前首相（一部インサート、ショット5/ショット6で終了）
「田中角栄先生がご存命中に、あの戦争に行ったやつがこの国の中心にいる間は、日本は大丈夫だと。いなくなった時が怖いんだと。だからよく勉強してもらわなければいかんのだということを言っておられた、ですよね。今ならばまだ、戦火を逃げ惑った人、実際に兵隊さんに行かなくても戦火を逃げ惑った人、そしてまたあの戦後の苦しさ、辛さ。だけどあと10年経ったらそういう人たちがいなくなる確率は非常に高いんだと思っています」
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5.来場者
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6.イベント進行中
7.同録（日本語）石破茂前首相（一部インサート、ショット8/ショット9で終了）
「実に議会も政府もメディアも、あの戦争を止められなかったのよね。じゃあなんで止められなかったの。じゃ今はどうなのっていうことなんですよ。勇ましいことを言う人はいっぱいて、平和論を唱えると、お花畑とか言って、一笑されちゃうんだけども、それはやっぱり考え方としておかしいと思っているんですね。だから、自分たちが置かれている立場、そしてなんでこんなことになったのか、我々政治に携わるものは、そのことに対して自分たちの責任とは何なんだみたいなことをきちんと主権者たる国民に向かって、何だろうな、吐露しないと」
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8.イベント進行中
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9.来場者

　石破茂前首相は21日、東京で開かれた反戦をテーマとするイベントで、日本は戦時中の歴史を直視し、過去の過ちを繰り返してはならないと述べた。

　＜石破茂前首相＞
　「今はもう歴史を科学として客観的に見られる時代になっているはずなんです。で、イデオロギーでもなく、政治的な対立でもなくて、で、今それやらないでどうするのっていうのが私の強い思いではあります」

　その上で、戦争を経験した人々が次第にいなくなる中で、歴史をきちんと研究する緊急性を指摘した。

　＜石破茂前首相＞
　「田中角栄先生がご存命中に、あの戦争に行ったやつがこの国の中心にいる間は、日本は大丈夫だと。いなくなった時が怖いんだと。だからよく勉強してもらわなければいかんのだということを言っておられた、ですよね。今ならばまだ、戦火を逃げ惑った人、実際に兵隊さんに行かなくても戦火を逃げ惑った人、そしてまたあの戦後の苦しさ、辛さ。だけどあと10年経ったらそういう人たちがいなくなる確率は非常に高いんだと思っています」

　さらに、日本は自らの問題に向き合い、歴史を回避したり対立をあおったりすべきではないと強調。

　＜石破茂前首相＞
　「実に議会も政府もメディアも、あの戦争を止められなかったのよね。じゃあなんで止められなかったの。じゃ今はどうなのっていうことなんですよ。勇ましいことを言う人はいっぱいて、平和論を唱えると、お花畑とか言って、一笑されちゃうんだけども、それはやっぱり考え方としておかしいと思っているんですね。だから、自分たちが置かれている立場、そしてなんでこんなことになったのか、我々政治に携わるものは、そのことに対して自分たちの責任とは何なんだみたいなことをきちんと主権者たる国民に向かって、何だろうな、吐露しないと」