The Divine Way or the Truth, like the rising sun, is the oldest and the newest
The fundamental principle of all things is oneness. It is changeable throughout time and in every place. Things change in response to their changing environment and conditions. However, those changes are only superficial. The core essence remains the same.
The moon looks different in every phase, but it is still the same moon. We call Venus the morning star and also the evening star. But it is still Venus, one object with two names. Houses differ in style from country to country, but their purpose is always the same. They provide people with a place to live that is protected from the weather, safe, secure, and comfortable. What is important in all these examples, is the core of a thing, not its superficial details.
People, however, tend to cling to frivolous details, and miss the essence of things. They want newness; they want change. They are ready to abandon the old, simply because it is old. Post World War II, Japanese people gave up many Japanese traditions. It was an unthinking and reckless thing to do! Japan lost the war, but that does not mean all things Japanese are bad. Good things in Japan are still good, bad things are still bad. However, Japanese people gave up many traditional things regardless of whether they were good or bad.
Why did they do such an unnecessary thing? Because they falsely believed that only new looking things have value and correctness.
Truth, from time immemorial, through the eternal future is unchangeable. This is because truth is the path of God. It is beyond limited human knowledge; it is the will of the cosmos. Like the sun, it is the oldest and newest part of the universe. Nothing could be more ancient; nothing could be more modern.
The Japanese have a worldview that developed over a span of 3,000 years. Its truths are old, yet more modern than ever. However after being defeated in WWII many Japanese considered their traditional way of thinking to be feudalistic, and gave much of it up. However, when defeated in the war, many Japanese called their own ways of thinking feudalistic and no longer relevant.
Now is the time for Japanese people to reaffirm the immortal new truths of the Japanese way and to preserve them. To do so is to follow the Divine Way.