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「それは暴力に対する文明の� ��利であった」

Soldiers and people of the Great Empire of Japan and her united protectorate of the Republic of Korea, a great victory was won yesterday. The triumph of democracy over her enemies is evident in the outcome of the elections. Overwhelmingly, the legitimate candidates of Japan and Korea now hold seats in the Diet, only one or two foreign scoundrels have made off with Japanese money, and I have faith that Heaven will punish them accordingly.

It is no secret that I, Reiji Mitsurugi, am now the elected representative of Gangwon-do. I prepared this article for the Taishou during my flight from the peninsula to the capital at Tokyo, so please be kind if it appears rushed.

My election was, of course, a victory. But I accept this victory with a certain sadness, since it is now final. I am a congressman, and thus I can no longer say I am first a soldier. I have fully resigned my mobilization status in the Imperial Expeditionaries, and will soon receive my assignment in the Imperial Guard.

With the end to my mobilized military career comes a new career in politics. Ah, politics. I never thought I would find myself here. The life of a politician is very different from that of a soldier, it is often the life of an aristocrat. The aristocracy is something I have often resented. Though the Mitsurugis have historically been a samurai family, dating back millennia, I have found the idea of a class of being, inherently better than another class, absolutely repugnant. Thus, the life of a soldier.

But that respect for the life of a soldier is something that I intend to bring to the government. I will make good on my campaign promises. As a man of Japanese honor, you can expect nothing less from me. A promise is a promise. And let me once again reiterate my promise to the Korean people. I am your representative. Send your concerns to me, large and small, Korean and otherwise, and I give you my solemn vow that I will do what I can to see to them. That, I swear on my ancestors.

That statement I direct to the Koreans, since it is them that I can thank for my presence in the Diet, but it rings true for others as well. I retain my commitment to the soldiers of Japan. Reiji Mitsurugi is still a militarist. And with the Imperial Sun Party now holding the greatest number of seats in congress, it looks that the people have seen the value of militarism and nationalism as well. Soldiers of Japan, I volunteer my voice to you. Send me your wishes, your hopes, your needs, and I will see to them to the best of my ability.

And, of course, the people of Japan. Ultimately, it is the people that I am sworn to serve, and serve I shall. Reiji Mitsurugi and the Imperial Sun Party has major plans for even these first few days of this congress. Part of this will be my promotion of the Righteous Nation philosophy. The next article in the Ashigaru Taishou will detail the Righteous Nation for the people, as I spark the fires of this new movement.

Now, let me leave you all with an inspirational quote. This is from the opening of the original 1889 Constitution of the Great Empire of Japan: 大日本帝國憲法

We, the Successor to the prosperous Throne of Our Predecessors, do humbly and solemnly swear to the Imperial Founder of Our House and to Our other Imperial Ancestors that, in pursuance of a great policy co-extensive with the Heavens and with the Earth, We shall maintain and secure from decline the ancient form of government.

We now reverently make Our prayer to Them and to Our Illustrious Father, and implore the help of Their Sacred Spirits, and make to Them solemn oath never at this time nor in the future to fail to be an example to our subjects in the observance of the Laws hereby established.
May the heavenly Spirits witness this Our solemn Oath.

In accordance with the precepts of State Shinto, I, Reiji Mitsurugi, swear this solemn oath.

「日本は美しい国です」