Weekend Long Read: Yasuo Fukuda’s Final Testament ― a Japan That Never Goes to War Again

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda has died at 90. As a Japanese statesman, he devoted himself over many years to serving the Japanese people and fostering friendship and harmony between China and Japan — a commitment that inspires deep admiration and respect.

As a board member of the organization he founded to promote Asian cultural exchange, I had the privilege of getting to know him closely during his final years. To my mind, his greatest legacy is his insistence that Japan honor its pledge never to wage war again.