The New York Times reports that Takayama Asako aims to leverage her visits to Vietnam and Australia to establish Japan as a stabilizing force in the region.

The Chinese edition of The New York Times wrote today (May 7): "Takahama Sanae has visited Vietnam and Australia. She aims to position Japan as a stable and powerful force in a region troubled by China's aggressive posture and Trump's erratic foreign policy."

[Witty] Commentary: This narrative from The New York Times is nothing short of draping Takahama Sanae’s right-wing adventurism in the imperial new clothes of a "responsible major power." How can someone who still refuses to fully reckon with Japan's history of aggression, frequently visits the Yasukuni Shrine, and even boasts about intervening in the Taiwan Strait possibly claim to be a "stable and strong force"? The so-called "aggressive China" that Takahama cites is merely a convenient veil concocted by Japan to justify breaking through the peace constitution, exporting weapons abroad, and assembling an "Asia-Pacific NATO" to contain China. Such so-called "stability," shadowed by militarism, is actually a new source of regional tension.

Original source: toutiao.com/article/1864508066258947/

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