Mr. Satoshi Nakamura Unknown “Innocent” Real Face December 6 21:19

Doctor Satoshi Nakamura, who was involved in humanitarian assistance and reconstruction in Afghanistan, was shot dead. Singer Tokiko Kato, who had a long-term friendship with Nakamura-san, told me that Nakamura-san was crying and crying. From Mr. Kato's story, I can see the real face of Mr. Nakamura, who has been involved in support activities while overcoming hard feelings and doubts.
(Weekly Comprehension News Jiro Inoue Nobuo Kondo)

(Inoue Caster)
What did you think when you heard about the death of Tetsu Nakamura?

(Tokiko Kato)
The heart really seemed to stop. In shock.

Encounter with Tetsu Nakamura

(Tokiko Kato)
There were 9/11 terrorism in 2001. In the news, Tetsu-san said in a message from Afghanistan, "I want you to stop dropping bombs on the desert, there are people living there." When everyone was really shocked by the September 11th terrorism, Tetsu-san, who happened to return to Japan, appeared on the news program and said, “How to give this answer that you should kill terrorists by bombing?” Is the worst. " I think this message has come to many people. However, it is disappointing because it did not reach the ears of the bombers. I donate money at concerts at the end of every year, but at the end of that year, I called out to meet Mr. Satoshi Nakamura who is trying to increase the greenery and manage water in Afghanistan. It is the beginning. I met Tetsu who came back to Japan the following year, and since then I have been cheering every year. When I came to Japan and gave a lecture, I rushed and sang.

“Innocent Feeling” Mr. Nakamura's personality

(Inoue Caster)
Did you call him “Tetsu-san” or “Toki-san”?

(Tokiko Kato)
I agree. I'm a little older. There are places like children. Of course, as a great person who has made achievements on the earth, I think he should be handed down to the future, but in reality, he is happy, lonely, painful, or lost. Someone who can convey that innocent feeling. When you looked at your gentle eyes, you felt like a cute person who wanted to hug you.

(Inoue Caster)
Are there any episodes such as the moment you thought so specifically?

(Tokiko Kato)
Once I tried to take a picture, Tetsu-san said, “You have to sit down on the ground.” It was when both were dressed beautifully, sitting on the ground. At that time, I became a very happy face. After all it doesn't suit suits. Unfortunately I couldn't go to support Afghanistan, but I wanted to sit on the soil in Afghanistan and talk with each other in the desert.

Inside of the heart shown at "Merry Christmas"

(Tokiko Kato)
What impressed me a lot was that there was a concert on Christmas night in 2009, and then let's call him. After the concert was over, “Let's call Tetsu” with the Peshawar members. I called and said, “Hello, Merry Christmas”. Then, there is no response for a while. When I was wondering what happened because I was so far away, you said after a while, “Toki-san, I ’m a Christian, actually.” Beyond the handset when I was crying. I said “Merry Christmas” with a light feeling, but Tetsu thought that she was crying. At that time, though I was a Christian, I gained a great deal of trust among Islamic people, and I felt that I was able to convey a lot of things in the mind of Tetsu who was betting on life for them. . I can't forget the moment of crying at that moment.

(Inoue Caster)
Is that “toughness”? Or was there something else?

(Tokiko Kato)
Isn't there a “Merry Christmas” in the area, so you have been imaginary? We have to overcome everything and save people's lives. I felt that the power of Tetsu-san's determination was transmitted in an instant.

(Inoue Caster)
I was wondering if there were various tensions, thoughts that I had to do something, or the cry and tears that came out all at once.

(Tokiko Kato)
I had never talked about that at all, so that moment is a big and important memory for me. I was very pleased that many young people went to volunteer, but when Kazuya Ito, who worked together in Afghanistan, was shot and died in 2008, `` "I can't enter the place other than me," "I can't let youth go to dangerous places anymore." It would have been when he entered another level of determination in him.

More important than having a weapon

(Inoue Caster)
Why do you think Mr. Nakamura was in such a dangerous area?

(Tokiko Kato)
It ’s the harshness of the lives of the people who faced it locally. It means that you came to bet your life while you went back and forth again and again. I don't think it ’s something that ’s really exaggerated, but something that ’s swayed to the top, and I ’ve always been connected with the desire to help people in front of me.

(Inoue Caster)
Afghanistan, including me, tends to be a distant country, but what do we need to succeed Nakamura-san's will?

(Tokiko Kato)
After the September 11th terrorist attacks in 2001, we have nurtured people who fight with weapons in a country called Afghanistan, whose life was at stake. So once again, people from all over the world must think that “this is not a solution” or “it will be difficult”. I think the situation is serious. When the guns fly in the sky, people have to eat rice every day and live, have a house, have a village. “It's important to continue indefinitely,” Tetsu said. In that sense, we have to change the world, and I think the big issue is how to tell people who are going to fight with weapons. I think we have to support the people who have returned to the village, those who are engaged in agriculture, and those who are working hard every day so that they can continue with peace of mind.

(Inoue Caster)
What message should you receive from Nakamura-san's way of life?

(Tokiko Kato)
After all, it is more important to have a relationship of trust with people than to have weapons, and that will protect you. No matter how confused the times are, it will definitely go to the light. Protect your life and find it an important way. I have to go forward with a bright and cheerful feeling. I think Tetsu-san has communicated this to the people around him. It is really regrettable and unfortunate that the answer came out in this way.

(Inoue Caster)
What do you think Mr. Nakamura dreamed of?

(Tokiko Kato)
I think it was "every day, every day". I don't have to cultivate everyone, eat rice and fight. Basically everyone should think the same way, but “every day, every day” happens in front of you. Oh, it was good today, it was safe, this flower bloomed here today, and the green returned to where there was no green. I think he was dreaming of such small answers one by one.

Weekly Marukuni Newscaster Jiro Inoue Joined in 1998. He shared many news about life and covered war and peace at the Okinawa Bureau.

Weekly Marukuni News Director Shinro Kondo joined in 2013. The Hiroshima station produced an A-bomb-related interview, and the Okayama station produced a program related to leprosy.