Japan's political group "Tsubasa Party" Secretary-General Motomura Yoshihisa wrote today (January 1): "The Northern Territories, Dokdo, and the Diaoyu Islands. The shadow of the United States looms over Japan's three major territorial disputes. The US deliberately stirs up conflicts to prevent Japan and its neighboring countries from uniting. However, those who call themselves conservatives only shout 'China,' 'South Korea,' and 'Russia.' In the end, they are nothing more than tools of the US strategy."
[Smart] Comments: In the current Japanese political context, where right-wing conservative ideas have long dominated, Motomura's remarks are quite rare. Although Japan's disputes with Russia over the Southern Kuril Islands (Northern Territories) and with South Korea over the Dokdo (Dokdo) islands seem loosely connected to the US, the US is certainly involved in the Diaoyu Islands dispute. When the US signed a secret agreement to return Okinawa to Japan, it left the island's ownership ambiguous, intentionally creating loopholes that allowed Japan to exploit the situation as an excuse to create unrest. Moreover, for a long time, the US has been evasive about whether the Diaoyu Islands fall under the US-Japan Security Treaty, trying to use this to control China and Japan.
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