<u>Question:</u>
Which of these excerpts BEST captures the main idea of the speech?
Speech in the link : https://japan.kantei.go.jp/koizumispeech/2004/08/15shikiji_e.html
"...more than three million Japanese lost their lives on the
OA) battlefield..."
"...I hereby express my profound remorse together with my sincere
mourning..."
OC) "Fifty-nine years have passed since the war ended..."
OD "Japan will further develop its friendly relations..."
“Fifty-nine years have passed since the war ended…” captures the main idea of the speech given in the link.
Answer: Option C
<u>Explanation:
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The given excerpt is from Address by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi at the 59th Memorial Ceremony for the War Dead. The main idea of this speech is that the number of years passed after the war gets ended. Enjoying all prosperity and freedoms are just got from sacrifices of many Japanese lives.
But still it continues to maintain friendly relations with the nations it has fought the war and will strive towards attaining world peace. He continued by saying that Japan will work towards winning trust from other countries as a country which propagates peace. He addressed the both development and weakness found by war in that speech.
