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Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday released a statement marking 70 years since the end of World War II. 日本首相安倍晋三8月14日发表了战后70年谈话。 以下是日本首相办公室和日本驻华大使馆分别发布的讲话全文英文版和中文版： Statement by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe 日本首相安倍晋三讲话 On the 70th anniversary of the end of the war, we must calmly reflect upon the road to war, the path we have taken since it ended, and the era of the 20th century. We must learn from the lessons of history the wisdom for our future. 正值战争结束七十周年之际，我们认为，必须平静地回顾走向那场战争的道路、战后的进程、二十世纪那一时代，并从历史的教训中学习面向未来的智慧。 More than one hundred years ago, vast colonies possessed mainly by the Western powers stretched out across the world. With their overwhelming supremacy in technology, waves of colonial rule surged toward Asia in the 19th century. There is no doubt that the resultant sense of crisis drove Japan forward to achieve modernization. Japan built a constitutional government earlier than any other nation in Asia. The country preserved its independence throughout. The Japan-Russia War gave encouragement to many people under colonial rule from Asia to Africa. 一百多年前，以西方国家为主的各国的广大殖民地遍及世界各地。十九世纪，以技术的绝对优势为背景，殖民统治亦波及到亚洲。毫无疑问，其带来的危机感变成日本实现近代化的动力。日本首次在亚洲实现立宪政治，守住了国家独立。日俄战争鼓舞了许多处在殖民统治之下的亚洲和非洲的人们。 | 
