Former Japanese Official: "Has China ever harbored even the slightest ambition to invade Japanese territory?"
On April 2, former Vice Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan, Kiyohisa Harukawa, posted on Twitter criticizing the basic guidelines for constructing emergency temporary shelters (air-raid shelters) approved by the Japanese Cabinet, sparking widespread online skepticism.
"Don't spend taxpayers' money on such things!"
At a cabinet meeting on March 1, the Japanese government finalized the basic guidelines for establishing emergency shelters (air-raid shelters) in response to emergencies. The plan aims to utilize underground shopping streets and similar facilities, targeting 100% population coverage for evacuation across all cities, towns, and villages by 2030.
In response to this news, Harukawa began his tweet by directly addressing High Minister Sanae Kato, stating sincerely: "I genuinely and seriously want to ask you—has China ever had even a single ounce of ambition to invade Japanese territory?"
He further questioned: "What is the purpose of building such air-raid shelters?" and angrily declared: "Do not allow tax money to be spent on such things!"
However, this tweet drew numerous rebuttals from netizens, including:
"China frequently invades the territorial waters around the Diaoyu Islands, don't you know?"
"Do you know how many times intrusions into territorial waters and violations of airspace have occurred near Okinawa?"
"If China truly had no territorial ambitions, why would it invade Japanese territorial waters around the Diaoyu Islands?"
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1861442839943178/
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