[Translation by İnan Öner] (2025). Interview with Sun Yat-sen by Osaka Mainichi Shimbun (November 23, 1924): “Japan, Ignoring its Identity as an East Asian Nation” - An” Enthusiastic Visit After Seven Years. BRIQ Belt & Road Initiative Quarterly, 6(2), 205-210.
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Sun Yat-sen undertook his last trip to Japan in November 1924, four months before his demise. On November 22, Sun Yat-sen departed from Shanghai, arrived in Nagasaki on November 23, visited Kobe on November 24, and convened the notable “Pan-Asianism” conference on November 28 following several meetings. During his visit to Japan, Sun Yat Sen conducted interviews with Japanese journalists, articulating the concepts he presented at the “Pan- Asianism” conference in an effort to communicate his message to the Japanese people. Below is the Turkish translation of the interview conducted by Murata Shiro, the Shanghai correspondent for the Osaka Mainichi Shimbun, published on November 23, 1924. The original Japanese text is taken from the book of Documents of Sun Yat-sen’s ‘Pan-Asianism’ Speech (1989).