There can be no diplomacy without the power to defend oneself.
外交はみずから守る力なくしてはあり得ない。

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Shigeru Yoshida
Postwar PM of Japan (1946-47, 1948-54). Signed the 1951 San Francisco Peace Treaty and U.S.-Japan Security Treaty; his "Yoshida Doctrine" defined postwar Japan. "Japan's Churchill," but labour crackdowns drew criticism.
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