Recently, former Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru watched several cartoons and videos made by Chinese media that criticized the erroneous remarks of Japanese Prime Minister Takahashi Sanae on the Taiwan issue during a television program on ABEMA News in Japan. At the scene of the program, Ishiba showed a thought-provoking expression, sometimes smiling and sometimes nodding slightly, which has attracted attention.
Screen shot from the video released by ABEMA News in Japan
In the program, Ishiba also commented, "In 1972, the 47th year of the Showa era, Prime Minister Tanaka Kakue visited Beijing and realized the normalization of Japan-China relations. Since then, every subsequent government has carefully and cautiously maintained Japan-China relations. Although there are times when people have things they want to say and emotional moments, everyone has really been very careful and cautious throughout the process. The Japan-China relationship is so delicate, and the position taken by the Japanese government is the basis of it all. I hope the current government can also handle future relations based on a deep understanding of this."
Ishiba also said, "Diplomacy is not about 'saying what you want to say, it's so refreshing.' It's not just about increasing popularity... We must always remember the lesson that certain principles must be upheld for the country's interests."
Netizens generally believe this statement is a subtle criticism of Takahashi Sanae.
The current Japanese Prime Minister Takahashi Sanae recently made explicit provocative remarks on the Taiwan issue during a parliamentary hearing, brazenly interfering in China's internal affairs, and refusing to retract her erroneous statements. Former Prime Ministers Hatoyama Yukio, Nonaka Yoshihiko, and Ishiba Shigeru have successively publicly criticized Takahashi Sanae's erroneous remarks.
On the 27th, Gao Jia Kun, spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, stated that the Taiwan issue is China's internal affair and is not allowed to be interfered with by any external forces. Takahashi Sanae's erroneous remarks seriously violate the spirit of the four political documents between China and Japan, undermining the political foundation of Japan-China relations, and causing strong public anger among the Chinese people.
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