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This is what patriotism looks like.
Not shouting at others. Not hating another country. Not acting superior.
Just a man standing before a World Cup match, singing his national anthem, with tears in his eyes.
Japan’s head coach, Hajime Moriyasu, grew up in Nagasaki and built much of his career in Hiroshima.
Those two names carry a weight that people around the world understand.
And now, a man connected to both places stands on the world stage, carrying Japan on his shoulders.
He has said that when he sings Kimigayo, he feels overwhelmed.
He feels the joy and pride of being Japanese.
And honestly, I understand that.
He is not just standing there as one man.
He is standing there carrying the flag, the players, the staff, the people who supported him, and the hopes of an entire country.
When the anthem plays, all of that weight must hit at once.
That is why those tears matter.
They are not weakness.
They are gratitude. They are responsibility. They are pride. They are the weight of representing Japan.
To me, this is true patriotism.
Quiet. Respectful. Emotional. And deeply human.
I am proud that Japan has a coach who feels the national anthem this deeply.
"Communism seeks to divide us, to set class against class, good people against good people, when those good people should be standing together in defense of liberty & against Communism."
—President Dwight D. Eisenhower
“El socialismo es la filosofía del fracaso, el credo de la ignorancia y el evangelio de la envidia; su virtud inherente es el reparto igualitario de la miseria”.
- Winston Churchill -