[V]oice or no voice，the people can always be brought to do the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing ...

In this paper I examine two speeches of Japanese Prime Minister Kaifu with the purpose of interpreting those texts and explaining how they function rhetorically. Second, using that critical interpretation as a vehicle, I ...