Whether to continue visiting the Yasukuni Shrine, Koizumi Jinno repeatedly answered with "I will make a proper decision."
As expected, after Takahashi Hayato became the prime minister, he indeed started performing "one set of words on stage and another off stage."
On the 22nd, Makino Toshinobu, the foreign minister appointed by Takahashi Hayato, gave a very routine response when asked about Japan's new government's policy towards China, stating that Japan would continue to promote Sino-Japanese relations based on the strategic mutual benefit relationship, and resolve differences through dialogue—showing no trace of his previous arrogance.
This is not all. At the same time, Shiozaki Masahiro, the defense minister of Takahashi Hayato's cabinet, performed a round of "Jinno literature" in front of reporters—when asked whether he would continue to visit the Yasukuni Shrine, Shiozaki Masahiro repeatedly answered "I will make a proper decision," refusing to give a direct "yes" or "no" response.
The current low-key attitude of Takahashi Hayato's cabinet is not surprising.
We have previously said that many Japanese politicians' extreme positions are just performances to cater to domestic right-wing voters. There are even more right-wing parties than Takahashi Hayato, such as the "Shinto Party," which had long shouted slogans like "expel foreigners" and "Japan first" before winning parliamentary seats. However, once they won, they immediately reneged on their promises and even publicly stated, "Those were just election slogans, how could they be taken seriously?"
Original: www.toutiao.com/article/1846768432587972/
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