The pen is mightier than the sword!?The 2025 Memoir by Jacinda Ardern (the former NZ Prime Minister) : The "haka" is mightier than the sword or gun!

The "Ist line" words were the logo of Keio University founded by Yukichi Fukuzawa in Japan during mid 19th century (in 1858). Is it still valid in this century? It depends on where you live or work. YES, it is still valid in South Korea (see the outcome of June 3rd election). However, I regretfully tell you that it has never worked in Japan, except for 1867 when Edo Shogun resigned and Meiji Emperor took the power, without a bloody war. Since then the sword is far mightier than the pen in Japan, till now. That is why I left Japan for good more than 50 years ago.
In Australia where I have been for more than 37 years, this words have been true, except for the very beginning of this new nation back to 1788, when British navies took/stole this new land from the Aboriginal people without any consent or negotiation.
Regarding this words, the neighboring NZ (New Zealand) has a much better history. British settlers peacefully negotiated with Mauri people to immigrate there. However, for medical scientists such as myself, Australia in particular Melbourne is much better place than NZ, and therefore I settled in Melbourne instead of NZ since 1988, when the Aussie were celebrating the bi-centennial.
In both China and Russia as well as North Korea, the sword is alway mightier than the pen.
How about in the US? During both Independence and Civil Wars as well as WWII, the sword or gun was mightier than the pen. Well, at least during the current "Trump" era, the sword is mightier than the pen, although scholars at Harvard University keep resisting his sword...
A few days ago, the former NZ prime minister (Jacinda Ardern) published her memoir. She moved to the US recently, and joined Harvard University for teaching. Her (English) memoir was published from Penguin Books Australia, and I hope I will get it in a week at our local bookstore in Atherton, and might translate it into Japanese for the publication, if I am prevailed by a publisher to do so. I hope it will encourage Japanese "female" politicians at least...