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| | MICHIKO HASEGAWA: A Postwar View of the Greater East Asia War |
 | | He states, "I forget which politician coined the slogan '100 million people united in repentance,' but undoubtedly he was of the same lineage as the politicians who, during the war, used the slogan '100 million people united in outrage.'" The dementia of the defeated, he insisted, is evident in the former slogan. |
 | | The author of the slogan, however, was none other than General Kanji Ishihara, one of the prewar figures like the nationalists Shumei Okawa and Ikki Kita whom Hayashi holds in high esteem in his book. |
 | | Ishihara was not cringing before the Allies by using this expression. |
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