"His job is to protect Japanese citizens."
"He is also a man who has a hidden side..."
"...executing top secret duties."
Heiwa Fansubs Presents: "Gaikoukan Kuroda Kosaku" The Diplomat, Kuroda Kosaku.
"The hidden truth behind this incident was made clear at last."
I am the wrongdoer!
The truth that you wanted to tell...
...I will surely tell it!
"Kuroda tried to stop Shimomura's revenge and rescue him..."
"But what was waiting for him was a cruel ending."
You can't do this!
Shimomura-san!
Why did you interfere like that?
"One Week Later"
A list of questions raised by the UN Forum have come in.
There seems to be quite a lot of them this time around, doesn't there?
It was inevitable. Our department has a region of poverty as well.
Let's do our best and make the most of it.
You've gotten a fighting spirit in you, Saionji-san.
We have to make up for the hole in our labor shortage, don't we?
Ah, by the way, where's the Chief?
I saw him going into the smoking room earlier.
"Foreign Minister Saito Running for Election" "Japan-US relations to be his highest priority"
I wished for revenge!
You had been opposed to violence.
That is...
"Autopsy Report"
...until Tomoyo-san's autopsy reports came in from the Secretary Yuki.
"The bullet was a 9x19mm caliber bullet"
Do you intend to leave this a country where such things are permitted?
To make a country like that...
...isn't the reason we became diplomats!
It'd be best to widen the area we're getting info from, wouldn't it?
- Rika-chan. - Yes?
Are you still working up that map?
I'll be done right away.
"From: Rui-chan. We're having stew today. About what time will you be home?"
"About the usual time."
Ah.
"Police Headquarters"
I'm not convinced with this ending.
"The perpetrator's purpose is unknown. No political interference was found."
Those are the results the government has been using like a fire extinguisher all this last week.
In spite of all that turmoil, the truth managed to slip away.
It couldn't be helped.
And you've returned to being a clerk again, huh?
Even though I promised her I would...
...I wasn't able to save him.
With this investigation...
I thought being a detective was a wonderful job; one worth doing.
But...
I didn't realize just how painful a job it was.
I'm sorry.
I have to hurry and prepare a map.
Excuse me.
Your investigation with the Central America- Caribbean Section has been completed.
It's about time, isn't it? That you returned to your original mission.
"Paris Summit"
Paris, is it?
I was hoping you could stay in Japan a little longer, but...
I still have 5 days to go before my departure, don't I?
Oi, oi, oi.
You still intend to chase after this?
I want to clear up who was pulling the strings on all this...
...at last.
"Grant Aid Plan for Africa - Waste Improvement Plan" About the investigation into grant aid for Africa.
I'd really like to ask you to handle it.
I don't mind, but...
...what about the matter of the UN Forum?
Yes, well, I will be in attendance along with the UN Secretary-General, giving the speech.
Well, I completely understand how you feel.
The topic of children's rights is one you are passionate about.
However...
Just focus on your work performance from here on...
...and before long, you will have seasoned enough to graduate.
Thanks to such favors...
...it feels as if my workload is being shaved to me, piece by piece.
They may be simple things...
...but substantial results can be made doing such things one by one.
By doing that, I think I can promise you a suitable post in the next ministry.
I'm home. I'm sorry, I got a little delayed at work.
Welcome home.
Have you had dinner already?
I was waiting for you.
Since it just needs heating up, it should be ready right away.
Ah, I'll do it.
That's okay.
I'll feel better with the distraction somehow.
Where's Kuroda-san? Still with the police?
It seems the hearings have ended.
Is that right?
Where's Yutaro-kun?
Still in the hospital.
They said once his condition has stabilized, they'll question him.
I see.
I've decided...
...to move out of that apartment complex.
Otherwise I couldn't put this behind me.
Once you've done that...
...let's go to an onsen.
Will you have time?
I'll make time.
Hello?
There's a favor I'd like to ask of you.
The UN Children's Forum that's to be held 2 days from now.
I'd like you to check into preparations for security on that day.
For what reason?
To reveal the truth behind this incident.
Strong, aren't you, Kuroda-san?
It hasn't even been a week yet since...
After such a sad event...
Even so, I tried to tell myself to do my best, but...
...it seems I'm just not that strong.
I'm sorry for not being of any use to you.
Excuse me.
"Letter of Resignation"
Sorry, I meant to call sooner.
My recent shift is keeping me busy.
Hey, I've got the real deal about what you asked for.
Hope you're ready to show your cards.
Gotta go.
Episode 10 (Final): "To This Country's Future"
Okay.
I've put it away.
- Here, Dear. - Ah, thank you.
Here, Rikako. Here.
The packing tape's in there.
It's best to be prepared, huh?
"Shimomura"
"Shimomura Rui-sama"
Rui-chan?
Let's go.
- I'm sorry, we'll be right back. - Eh?
- What is it? What's happened? - Just something.
- Then, your Mom and I'll start. - Yeah.
Nice place.
Thank you.
Now...
...can I have the copy...
...I asked for?
It's very strong.
One of our classified files.
Looks like an agent was sent in with the police...
...during the hostage crisis.
The CIA...
...shot Tomoyo?
Hey, I'm not the one who did it, alright?
Go on to the next page.
It seems that Brighton has been generously donating to the US government.
In exchange...
...they got a state-backed guarantee to develop new drugs.
A state guarantee...
In other words...
...the US public funds were used to create Atron...
...but it caused side-effects.
So the government covered it up.
No matter what the consequences were.
"Rui."
"When you hear this..."
"...I probably won't be around anymore."
"I'm really sorry because I feel I wasn't able to do anything fatherly for you."
"Even if I apologize now, it doesn't mean much, does it?"
"What should I tell you about now?"
"What sort of words should I leave you with, Rui?"
"To be honest, I have no idea whatsoever."
"I think anything I might try to tell you wouldn't have any meaning."
"I'm..."
"...going to do something so wrong that it can't be forgiven."
"So..."
"...I think I'll tell you some of my memories from here on."
"Back from when I was a child."
"Back when I met and married your Mama."
"Back to when you were born..."
"...and the three of us became a family."
"Whenever I felt like telling you about those times, you were really happy."
"First..."
I can't listen.
The way things are now...
...I just can't listen to it.
I promised, didn't I?
That reminds me...
Tomoyo-san's autopsy report?
Yes.
The person in charge at the time for keeping it in strictest confidence...
...was myself.
I had just started my ministry duties at the time...
...and that was just office work I did under the direction of my boss.
At that incident the other day...
...I was surprised to hear you and Shimomura-san discussing it.
It just couldn't be that the work I had done...
...had concealed the cause of his wife's death, I thought.
Why are you telling me this?
"To make a country like that isn't the reason we became diplomats."
I thought that was right.
I guess I had forgotten that.
When I first set foot in the Kasumigaseki... (Japanese Government Departments)
...I held that feeling, too.
I'm sorry for being late.
I called for him.
If Kuroda-san is still continuing his investigation...
...the Chief here said I was to help you in any way I could.
Do you feel you can sacrifice your careers?
That'd be better than regretting it 10 or 20 years from now.
Since I'm still young, I can always make a comeback.
By using the heat from burning trash...
...it can turned to movement energy that generates electricity.
Using such generators, we generate 90% of the electricity used in this facility.
Your car is being called for. Please wait here a moment.
You're still in Japan?
There is still work for me to do here.
I see.
Could you...
...lend me a hand as well?
- Hello? - This is Ogaki.
Excuse me...
About what you said the other day. I guess I would like to help.
Because I can't allow what happened to Shimomura-san and the others...
...to just disappear like that, either.
The time limit will be tomorrow morning.
I'll make sure I'm in time.
If you would, then.
For pete's sake.
Even in the best of times, trying to suddenly get the names and numbers...
...of security personnel from the Department of Public Safety would be tough.
I'm sorry.
And?
What does that man have in mind to do at the Forum?
He said he is going to reveal the truth of this incident there.
Even without giving us an explanation, he still wants our cooperation, huh?
Kuroda-san is always like that.
Security will be quite strong. They'll be calling in support from Chiba.
These entrances and exits on the east side would be where the best line of flow is.
That means the main participants will be going through there...
...so of course the emphasis for Security will be at this point as well.
It's been awhile, hasn't it, since I felt like this.
What's that?
This sensation that I'm actually thinking about my own work.
Governments may change...
...departments may change...
...yet it's our duty as bureaucrats to quietly perform the political will.
Still...
...that's not a reason to put a stop to your own thoughts.
That's true.
It's that we've been afraid up until now, haven't we?
Still...
...not everyone's as strong as he is.
That person's special, isn't he?
C'mon. Say yes, please.
I don't mean to make things hard on you, but I'm serious.
I hope you understand.
Are you sure about this? It's too risky.
I'm not afraid of taking risks.
Especially when it comes to friendship, work...
...and romance.
Make an indictment?
Yes.
At tomorrow's Forum.
Do you think...
...that can even be done?
With your support it can.
I thought you wouldn't trust me any longer.
Why is that?
I hid from you...
...the fact I had read the confidential information...
...about Yuki-kun.
If I had informed you about it a little sooner...
...he wouldn't have...
I think you wanted to take responsibility...
...and hear the truth from Secretary Yuki yourself.
That's why you kept it from me.
Am I wrong?
As his superior...
...I think that would be the natural thing for you to do.
But I do regret it.
Isn't it your role as his superior then...
...to see that his death wasn't in vain?
I'd like you to be serious about opening up the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as an organization.
That's what I think.
What should I do?
Give a performance...
...that only you can make.
"UN Children's Forum The Day of"
- Good morning. - Morning.
Those two have been here since yesterday?
Was there something worth putting in that much overtime on?
Saionji, it's time!
How is it?
This focus on children's poverty has been overexposed, hasn't it?
It does follow the subject of the UN Children's Forum...
That it does.
Well, please rewrite the contents to include references to next term's presidential election.
Excuse me. The Forum is at 2 o'clock...
In that case... hurry it up!
Understood.
Should I change?
Come in.
Excuse me.
Ala.
The one I met at that restaurant.
Please forgive my rudeness at that time.
Excuse me. I'll be escorting you to the meeting place today.
I know.
Ah. And, the message from Kuroda-san was...
...that a pure white dress would be most attractive for you.
We're both weak aren't we?
Trying to show off for that man.
Eh?
No. I...
I was joking.
I'll be ready in a moment, so please wait a little longer.
Joking...
Excuse me.
Yes?
Ah. Rui-chan.
You came.
You're just in time.
Various formalities have come up I have to take care of, so you can help me.
- Go ahead and visit for a little while. - Yeah.
I heard you'll be leaving tomorrow.
Yeah.
After that, I'll probably go to reform school.
It's something, isn't it?
Either the hospital or reform school, whichever I take, I'll be hospitalized.
We've been expecting you.
Ah, it is very nice meeting you again.
Right this way.
Where did the Chief and Saionji-san go?
They're supposed to be coming to the meeting place.
Maybe they're taking a nap somewhere.
That's the worst.
- The conference meeting place is over here. - This way, please.
The 2010 UN Children's Forum will open soon.
Minister. A moment of your time, please.
Do I know you?
The American ambassador would like a word.
Ah.
Fine.
I may be a little late. Please have them change when my turn is.
Certainly.
Before this meeting is opened...
...we'll hear a word from the UN Secretary-General.
Fellow delegates, friends...
It is good to see so many countries...
The Secretary of State?
Yes. There was an urgent call from the Ministry.
They had something very urgent to discuss with you.
I'm supposed to give a speech.
This is very important to the Japan-US relationship.
Very well.
Thank you.
Please show him to our room.
Of course.
Let's go.
Tell the moderator about the change in the order of the speeches.
Understood.
Please use the direct line.
Thank you.
What are you doing?
I've been waiting for you, Minister.
Do you think you can just freely do something like this to me?
I do not think so.
My secretary will be here shortly to get me.
Because I need to give my speech.
Your speech has already started.
To continue...
...the representative of the Japanese government, Minister of Foreign Affair's Saito was scheduled...
...but was pulled away from his desk on important business.
Well then, if you would please.
In his place, please greet the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mikami.
Thank you.
Vice-Minister. Vice-Minister. Excuse me, Minister Saito is already...
Please wait a moment.
If there was a break in the progress, the Minister would find that regrettable, wouldn't he?
Eh? Ah.
If you would, please.
Today...
...UN Secretary-General Muraji has invited me to take this opportunity...
...to give a speech about the current status of poverty-stricken children in our country.
I think this is a great honor.
From the viewpoint of the world...
...our country is rich, and it may seem as though hunger and disease have no relevance here.
However, in reality...
...politicians, for the benefit of some companies profits...
...allowed a tragic incident in which many children...
...lost their lives.
The beginning of this tragedy...
...was in Central America, 12 years ago.
The American pharmaceutical company, Brighton...
...was preforming inhumane live-testing on children...
...who were suffering from encephalitis at the time.
Under the pretext of providing them medical support...
...the results of those clinical trials using that new drug...
...were that many children were killed...
- Oi! - Yes?
Have this transmission stopped.
Understood.
But the tragedy didn't end there.
Without changes...
...Atron was imported to our country...
...and produced many victims.
And our government...
...concealed that fact.
When the danger of Atron was realized by Shimomura Tomoyo-san...
...Brighton Pharmaceutical, using it's strong links within the American government...
...had her assassinated by the CIA.
The perpetrator who concealed these facts...
...was you.
You had your superior, Former Prime Minister Yatabe...
...move forward on the importation of Atron, in spite of its side-effects.
What evidence do you have?
At that time...
...there were a number of points of friction between the US and Japan.
Food, resources...
...and military base issues.
Good relations between the US and Japan would contribute to the national interest.
Under the banner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs...
...you were given unreasonable demands by the US government.
However, you contented yourself with simply accepting them.
In the process, you concealed the pain of the Japanese...
...who had been violated.
It was the only way to protect the interests of our country.
Is that really true?
Just as you said, "while staring at a tree, you can't see the forest,"
I don't have time for your frivolous arguments.
It was the idea you gave me...
...that I simply could not stop thinking about it.
Before long, this side-effects case soon brought forth a terrorist deed seeking revenge.
What they did could not be allowed, of course.
However, consigning their claims to the darkness...
...concealing the truth...
...and trying to plan the control of the circumstances...
...I cannot help but say that given this present situation...
...I must renounce my pride in our constitutional form of government...
"We're sorry, please stay here and wait for the time being."
It's too late for that now.
If they've gone this far on the TV...
...when it comes time for Yamaji and other's trials, the press'll flood in.
"We're sorry, please stay here and wait for the time being."
It got cut off, didn't it?
Still...
...it got out.
I...
...have to pay for my crimes properly, too.
The crime you committed...
...was that you didn't believe in your own country.
For the sake of importing Atron, the government put pressure on Kyori Pharmaceuticals...
...so that new drugs could be developed...
...to fight on equal terms with the world without having sufficient clinical facilities.
Shimomura Tomoyo-san's death, too...
If the Japanese government had aggressively investigated...
...the harmful side-effects of the drug and criticized American actions...
...then that wouldn't have happened.
As a politician, for the sake of Japan...
You bowed to pressure from another country.
The consequence of that...
...was the beginning of this incident.
A few months ago...
I...
...had this exchange...
...during a conversation with a diplomat.
"Whichever the country may be..."
"...isn't it essential we handle our disputes from a posture of equality?" he asked.
I answered his question thusly.
"100 years from now perhaps..."
"...when the world has changed a little more."
A stable relationship with the US...
...is our only defense as a country.
And for that sake, our people should just accept the resulting suffering?
What would a man who spends his life wandering around overseas alone understand?
It seems...
...you have developed a misplaced sense of crisis from somewhere.
And what do you understand from being immersed in receptions whenever you do travel abroad?
What?!
This country's true crisis...
...is the existence of watered-down politicians like you.
For the sake of your own cause...
...you sold out your own people.
Don't give me that!
11 years now.
It is precisely this reality that I have watched while I was abroad.
As someone who participates in diplomacy...
...I am ashamed to have recognized this...
...and I want to reform it as of today.
If we aren't able to change now...
...it will never be possible for us to change; not even 100 years from now!
Carrying the responsibility for that protest incident...
...that is how I have lived until now.
But...
...wherever I was in the world...
...I never gave up my faith in Japan.
That is why I could keep on fighting.
That is said to be called 'idealism,'
...but isn't it just trust?
Trust in this country.
Trust in her people.
That is the true meaning of national interest.
Treating the citizens as individuals.
A government that protects all its children...
...that will be...
...what we must desperately grapple with from here on.
Come in.
Excuse me.
What is it?
I thought...
...I should make a word of apology.
You have no need to apologize.
You did what you thought was right, didn't you?
I...
...thought I was just doing the same thing, too...
Thank you for everything.
I'm sure it wasn't easy.
Not at all.
It's good to stay in touch with the CIA.
And besides, Brighton is a big supporter of the opposition party.
Thank you.
Thanks for your help.
Hey, how about, um... dinner sometime?
You know my boss suspects something between us.
What did I tell you?
I'm not afraid of taking risks.
Especially in romance...
Ogaki-san.
Um, have you seen Kuroda-san?
Eh?
We looked for him, but couldn't find him anywhere.
To the airport?
If you would, please.
I don't think you need to rush your departure, though.
My work here is done.
I have no reason to remain in Japan any longer.
Then, shall we share some soba one last time?
It will be my treat.
"The telephone number of the customer you are trying to reach isn't being used at present."
"The Truth of Kyori Pharmaceuticals Bankruptcy The Crime of Brighton Pharmaceuticals and the Japanese Government"
Kei-chan.
This is great, isn't it?
I see. You go next week.
Yeah.
I pass through San Francisco...
...so I'll be back in about a week.
I have to return Roberto-san's ashes as well.
Be careful.
Don't worry.
Ogaki's father and mother bought me more than 10 'be-safe' charms.
Then I'm relieved.
"Ministry of Foreign Affairs"
Yes, hello? This is Kamoshita.
"-Successor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is Mikami Shoko -Drug was produced in various Central American countries"
How about the biofuels joint development the Americans sounded us out on the other day?
It's impossible for us to accept that.
Over the long run, the burden would rest too heavily on the Japanese side.
However, shouldn't we take a less than hard-line stance?
Please make me an opportunity to speak directly to them.
I will explain our standpoint to them and search for a compromise.
Yo. Welcome back.
I'm home.
Say? Come look at this.
I'm a little lost as to what to do.
Rui-chan, I was thinking of reserving this for after you returned from your trip.
When you bathe in this onsen, you can recuperate at the same time.
I was telling her that Ikaho was the best one, though.
What does Rikako-san think?
Forget about her. She's supposed to work late again today.
Ever since she transferred to HQ, huh?
Then I'll need to make her a midnight snack.
They haven't made a move in 3 days.
This'll be a prolonged battle.
Reconsidering it again?
Because it would be a problem if there were a hole in our siege.
Have confidence.
A single kitten couldn't get through this.
Ah.
- I bought the oden. - Oh.
Thank you very much. Here.
Here.
Ala? Where's the Chikuwa that I asked for? (tube-shaped fish-paste tube)
Ah. It's in this one.
Thank you very much.
Boy, you love your Chikuwa, don't you?
It's the mark of experience.
What's that?
Ah, they're moving.
Eh?!
"Even before the Paris Summit, Paris is on high alert"
Excuse me.
I'm looking for a cafe around here.
What business do you have at this shop?
I heard they served a terrific galette there.
Hmm. Do you know what a good galette tastes like?
"The greatest assistant for a diplomat is a chef."
A famous French proverb.
I hope he'll understand my tastes, too.
That way.
Thank you very much.
Goodbye.
This Drama is Fictional, and all Countries, Organizations, Settings and Characters are Not Based on Reality.