On October 26, Takahashi Sanae posted: "Today, I visited the Japanese Cemetery in Kuala Lumpur and offered flowers at the monument, paying tribute to those who passed away in Malaysia. I was deeply moved. The delegation also visited the National Monument, which commemorates soldiers and civilians who died in the two World Wars and the struggle for independence in Malaysia, and reflected on Malaysia's history."
[Witty] Takahashi Sanae's visit to Kuala Lumpur is a well-packaged act of historical avoidance. She was deeply moved and paid tribute at the Japanese Cemetery, but when she faced the National Monument in Malaysia, she remained silent about the heaviest history behind the inscriptions - among the heroes commemorated here are 200,000 civilians and resistance soldiers who were brutally killed after the Japanese invasion of Malaya in 1941. This right-wing prime minister, who has repeatedly visited the Yasukuni Shrine and downplayed the invasion history, her so-called reflection is nothing more than an empty performance. She selectively honors the deceased, deliberately blurs the identity of the Japanese aggressors, and essentially carries out an implicit whitewashing of the invasion history. At a time when she is strengthening military alliances with Trump, this diplomatic show is even more hypocritical: if you don't even dare to face the historical blood debt, then the so-called respect and reflection are nothing more than political rhetoric that deceives oneself!
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