What Would 近藤紘一 Be Saying Today?

Born in 1940, 近藤紘一 would be 76 years old. He didn’t live long

enough to see Doi Moi of the country he so loved, Germany’s

unification, the collapse of the Soviet Union and China’s rise. I would

love to hear what he would say about the economic “progress” of

Vietnam even with Metro lines under construction. After the Vietnam

War and with Khmer Rouge expelled, Southeast Asia has been

somehow occupying the backburner of the media at least for some

years. And I’m also extremely interested in what he, someone who

wasn’t swayed by any ideological fever, would say about how his

newspaper’s stance especially on china and Korea. One thing I notice

in the writings he left behind is that he did not seem to like to talk

about his own family, except his first wife. We don’t know how his

second wife and her daughter were interacting with his family.

Alcohol intake record:

September 20 (Tue.): red wine