Drawing on a Nikkei interview with Henry Kissinger, this essay examines his clear trust in Shinzo Abe’s judgment regarding Japan’s national interest.
It situates the discussion within a broader view of the internet as humanity’s greatest library and frames Abe’s diplomacy through the lens of realpolitik and historical consequence.

I greatly respect Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and when it comes to judging what serves Japan’s national interest, I trust him.
2016-11-14
The following is from an article published on November 13, occupying the entirety of page 9 of the Nikkei, in which editorial writer Tsuyoshi Sunohara interviewed Henry Kissinger.
I have repeatedly stated that the internet is the greatest library in human history.
AI represents the most advanced utilization of this fact.
Triggered by the Northern Yard incident discussed in the previous chapter, I (reluctantly) entered the world of the internet.
It is no exaggeration to say that this was to leave behind the truth about present-day Japan and the world in the 21st century within this greatest library in human history.
If my words were not true, they would never reach the world.
Needless to say, my words have reached the farthest ends of the world.
Now,
What those at the Asahi Shimbun and the media and so-called cultural figures who echo it — people who continue to attack Prime Minister Abe to an abnormal degree — must read with open eyes is the following passage found in the small column titled “From the Interviewer,” which appears as an afterword to the opening article.
Emphasis and — are mine.
“It is natural to engage in dialogue with Putin.”
During an interview that lasted nearly an hour in total, when the topic turned to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s plan to invite Russian President Vladimir Putin, Dr. Kissinger stated this unequivocally.
He then continued as follows.
“Japan must make decisions based on its own national interest. I greatly respect Prime Minister Abe, and I trust his judgment as to what constitutes Japan’s national interest. Our task as Americans is to relate our national interest to Japan’s national interest, not to bind it to Japan’s foreign policy.”
In these words, I felt the true essence of Dr. Kissinger, who even at the age of 93 continues to exert enormous influence on U.S. and global diplomatic strategy as a master of ‘realpolitik.’
Omitted.
Readers of discernment must surely have felt that Kissinger, too, has been reading my essays.