"if we keep saying we 'hate china and south korea', then japan's diplomacy will not be successful."
2024-10-03
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reference news network reported on october 3according to japan's "asahi shimbun" report on october 3, the security policy of the ishiba shigeru cabinet has been retreated.
according to reports, on the 2nd, the new foreign minister takeshi iwaya talked about the creation of an "asian version of nato" proposed by prime minister shigeru ishiba at his first press conference after taking office, saying, "this is a future-oriented idea, and we should be based on the medium and long term." perspective, spend more time discussing”. although this is the security policy that the prime minister has in mind, from the perspective of the entire government, it seems that there has been some retreat and an attempt to return to the line of realism.
ishiba called for the establishment of a security framework in which major asian countries participate, but iwaya’s thoughts expressed at the press conference were: “at this stage, it is still difficult to establish an institution in asia that requires mutual defense obligations.” iwaya also emphasized that “this is not country-specific”. he said: "our vision for the future is to establish a security cooperation relationship throughout the indo-pacific that does not exclude any country. this is what we most want to see."
according to the report, as for the revision of the japan-u.s. status of troops agreement actively promoted by shigeru ishiba, takeshi iwaya believed that "there are indeed issues that should be resolved diligently" and also said that "we will discuss the best way for the government to respond based on the prime minister's ideas." conduct research."
defense minister gen nakatani also did not make any positive statements regarding the revision of the japan-u.s. status of troops agreement. at his first press conference after taking office on the 2nd, nakatani only said that he "hopes to think about how the government should respond." as for the prime minister’s proposal to establish a self-defense force training base in the united states, nakatani believes that “it is not yet at the stage to clearly discuss the establishment.”
the report mentioned that at the press conference on the 2nd, a reporter asked takeshi iwaya that someone in the liberal democratic party pointed out that ishiba shigeru’s cabinet was “pro-china and pro-south korea.” to this, iwaya replied: “if we keep saying that we ‘hate china and south korea’, then japan’s diplomacy will not be successful.” at the press conference that day, iwaya also specifically talked about china: “although there are various unresolved issues, there are also possibilities to build a constructive and stable relationship through strengthening dialogue. the relationship is also for the two countries, asia and even the world." (compiled by liu lin)
