# Manchurian Incident and the Sino-Japanese War: Defense or Aggression - Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2080533921201315882 - Source account: [@nagai_tomohiro](https://x.com/nagai_tomohiro) - Source language: Japanese - Target language: English - Duration: 1:35 - Published: 2026-11-05 - Machine translated. Check the original before quoting. - Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/RYyPkElBTAwl/en/manchurian-incident-and-the-sino-japanese-war-defense-or-aggression - Original-language version: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/RYyPkElBTAwl/ja/%E6%BA%80%E5%B7%9E%E4%BA%8B%E5%A4%89%E3%81%A8%E6%97%A5%E4%B8%AD%E6%88%A6%E4%BA%89%E3%81%AF%E8%87%AA%E5%AD%98%E8%87%AA%E8%A1%9B%E3%81%8B%E4%BE%B5%E7%95%A5%E3%81%8B.md ## Transcript [0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/RYyPkElBTAwl/en/manchurian-incident-and-the-sino-japanese-war-defense-or-aggression) Do you think Japan's war was a war of self- defense and survival for Japan? [0:04](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/RYyPkElBTAwl/en/manchurian-incident-and-the-sino-japanese-war-defense-or-aggression?t=4) For Japan? Yeah. Um, that's what I think. [0:08](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/RYyPkElBTAwl/en/manchurian-incident-and-the-sino-japanese-war-defense-or-aggression?t=8) Wouldn't you say so? The Japanese military started the Manchurian Incident, The Kwantung Army set it in motion. [0:13](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/RYyPkElBTAwl/en/manchurian-incident-and-the-sino-japanese-war-defense-or-aggression?t=13) They fabricated it. That was clearly a war of aggression. [0:18](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/RYyPkElBTAwl/en/manchurian-incident-and-the-sino-japanese-war-defense-or-aggression?t=18) And China, too… Why did Japan have to fight the Second Sino-Japanese War? [0:20](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/RYyPkElBTAwl/en/manchurian-incident-and-the-sino-japanese-war-defense-or-aggression?t=20) For Japan? How was that self-defense and survival? [0:24](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/RYyPkElBTAwl/en/manchurian-incident-and-the-sino-japanese-war-defense-or-aggression?t=24) Yeah, I… Mr. Nakatsuru, too, says the Manchurian Incident… [0:28](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/RYyPkElBTAwl/en/manchurian-incident-and-the-sino-japanese-war-defense-or-aggression?t=28) He says now that it was wrong. Mr. Koizumi says it was wrong, too. [0:32](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/RYyPkElBTAwl/en/manchurian-incident-and-the-sino-japanese-war-defense-or-aggression?t=32) Why, there in Manchuria, did Japan… …invade in the name of self-defense, and have to do something like that? Yeah. [0:41](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/RYyPkElBTAwl/en/manchurian-incident-and-the-sino-japanese-war-defense-or-aggression?t=41) Um, ah, you mean including the Manchurian Incident. [0:45](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/RYyPkElBTAwl/en/manchurian-incident-and-the-sino-japanese-war-defense-or-aggression?t=45) Manchuria, the Second Sino-Japanese War. Yeah. [0:46](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/RYyPkElBTAwl/en/manchurian-incident-and-the-sino-japanese-war-defense-or-aggression?t=46) Well, in that sense, the international norms of that time, of that time… [0:51](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/RYyPkElBTAwl/en/manchurian-incident-and-the-sino-japanese-war-defense-or-aggression?t=51) Considering the trends in the international community… [0:54](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/RYyPkElBTAwl/en/manchurian-incident-and-the-sino-japanese-war-defense-or-aggression?t=54) Well, colonial policies were commonplace. [0:58](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/RYyPkElBTAwl/en/manchurian-incident-and-the-sino-japanese-war-defense-or-aggression?t=58) Um, you know, okay? Just a moment… I think Tanonaka knows more about that, though… [1:02](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/RYyPkElBTAwl/en/manchurian-incident-and-the-sino-japanese-war-defense-or-aggression?t=62) Under the Washington Treaty, we agreed not to create any new colonies. [1:07](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/RYyPkElBTAwl/en/manchurian-incident-and-the-sino-japanese-war-defense-or-aggression?t=67) And we agreed to the Open Door Policy toward China. [1:09](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/RYyPkElBTAwl/en/manchurian-incident-and-the-sino-japanese-war-defense-or-aggression?t=69) We decided not to invade, didn't we? Japan signed it too, didn't it? [1:14](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/RYyPkElBTAwl/en/manchurian-incident-and-the-sino-japanese-war-defense-or-aggression?t=74) This is absolutely, absolutely a violation. [1:17](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/RYyPkElBTAwl/en/manchurian-incident-and-the-sino-japanese-war-defense-or-aggression?t=77) You know, something like that, you… Calling it self-preservation and self-defense is ignorant. [1:20](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/RYyPkElBTAwl/en/manchurian-incident-and-the-sino-japanese-war-defense-or-aggression?t=80) It's absurd for such an ignorant person to be a member of parliament. [1:22](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/RYyPkElBTAwl/en/manchurian-incident-and-the-sino-japanese-war-defense-or-aggression?t=82) At the very least, I think it was a war for security That's what I think. That is… [1:26](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/RYyPkElBTAwl/en/manchurian-incident-and-the-sino-japanese-war-defense-or-aggression?t=86) What about the Chinese people's right to live and be independent? [1:30](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/RYyPkElBTAwl/en/manchurian-incident-and-the-sino-japanese-war-defense-or-aggression?t=90) You shouldn't say such childish things. A member of parliament, you know.