"looking back on the past with humility, i will not let the lesson learned from the tragedy of war fade with time and firmly maintain the antiwar pledge, dedicated to the construction of japan as a peaceful nation." in this sentence, prime minister koizumi's purpose is to a. rebuild japan's superpower status. b. apologize to the families of the war dead. c. pay tribute to japan's military heroes. d. communicate his commitment to continuing peace.

The answer should be D. We see here he talks about peace through his speech.

Here I will highlight where he mentions his commitment.

"Looking back on the past with humility, I will not let the lesson learned from the tragedy of war fade with time and firmly maintain the antiwar pledge, dedicated to the construction of Japan as a peaceful nation."  

A. rebuild Japan's superpower status.  No. There is no mention of rebuilding it to become a superpower.

B. apologize to the families of the war dead. No.  There is no apology here, just the promise of a peaceful future.

C. pay tribute to Japan's military heroes.  No. There is no heart warming speech or tribute payed to the military heroes of Japan.

I hope I have helped! :)

the autor of the text is bringing the point that one achievment of the president john f. kennedy was a success and this caused the next president to use a similar idea. the purposefor the use of the quotation in the text is to support the idea that peace corps was a result of the president's call. in this case, the quotation is presented as part of the writing and does not stand on its own.

answer a.

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