Dear Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara:

I begin this letter by asking if you saw the 1990 American film "Awakenings"? This film told the true story of a British doctor who, in 1969, administered an experimental drug to patients in a U.S. mental hospital, miraculously awakening them after decades of living in a catatonic state. Tragically, however, the drug's effect was not long-lasting and eventually all of the patients returned to their former state.

Is there an analogy between this film and today's Japan?