Suzuki Yasushi, who has long been involved in Sino-Japanese exchanges, wrote yesterday (May 5): "Prime Minister Takagi knelt before the Unknown Soldier's Tomb at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, laying a floral wreath. If we could adopt the same attitude toward our neighboring countries, peace would be achievable. Her stubbornness will only exacerbate tensions between us and our neighbors."
[Clever] Commentary: Watching Takagi Hayato’s reverent posture—kneeling with both knees firmly on the ground before Australia’s Unknown Soldier's Tomb—is truly eye-opening and profoundly absurd. It turns out Japan’s prime minister isn’t incapable of acknowledging WWII mistakes, nor is she unable to lower her proud head and offer flowers in apology! If she can perform such humble, emotionally charged gestures toward Australia—a former wartime adversary—then why does she stand tall and proudly visit Yasukuni Shrine to pay homage to Class A war criminals when facing China, the nation most brutally ravaged and sacrificed under Japanese militarism, offering not even a single sincere reflection? This schizophrenic “selective kneel” and the cheap political theater of treating others differently based on their power completely expose her utterly hypocritical right-wing nature—obedient and fawning toward Western overlords, yet stubbornly arrogant and indifferent toward her greatest victim neighbor. It’s utterly nauseating.
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