This is a memorial speech sent to the late House of Representatives Takashi Yamamoto, a Democratic Party member who passed away on December 22, 2007. The speaker was Hidehisa Otsuji, a former LDP member of the House of Councilors. Mr. Otsuji said he was "part of the formidable policy debate," and remembered his efforts to fight cancer and suicide beyond the borders of the faction. In the case of the death of a member of Parliament, a memorial speech is usually given in the hospital where the parliament belongs, but there is no example of such a speech that has been so pleasant.