He begins by speaking of his love for his family and begging their forgiveness for "the unforgivable act of taking my own life."
"The Cabinet, including the prime minister and Imperial Household Agency, is doing something unforgivable," says Yuge. "The government and the business circles behind it want to strengthen the emperor to extend their own authority.
Like his contemporary, Downer, Hanley's unforgivable crime was levity. We are in an age when a sense of humour has been designated the eighth deadly sin, at least as far as politicians are concerned.
"That somebody was not aware of the potential for that kind of swing was just unforgivable," said a brokerage official close to the firm.
If so, he is playing politics with children's futures and that is unforgivable.
To many conservatives that was an almost unforgivable act of political perfidy that has ever since cost Republicans and conservatives contributions, public confidence and even electoral support.