Hayashi Asami's diplomatic moment: bowing to the South Korean flag, pulling a chair to be close to the Indonesian president

After flattering Trump, Hayashi Asami once again contributed two "momentous" diplomatic scenes at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit.

The first was that after taking a photo with South Korean President Lee Jae-myung, Hayashi Asami suddenly bowed to the South Korean flag;

The second was that when Hayashi Asami saw Indonesian President Prabowo sitting down in the meeting hall, she slowly pulled her chair closer and tried to chat with Prabowo, forcing Prabowo, who was looking at documents, to fold his hands together to respond to Hayashi Asami's conversation.

These two actions sparked heated discussions among Japanese netizens, with a considerable number of them believing that although Hayashi Asami is the Prime Minister of Japan, her performance at that time was really not steady enough for a Prime Minister, and was too frivolous.

In a way, these criticisms from Japanese netizens are not wrong. Before becoming the Prime Minister of Japan, Hayashi Asami indeed had very little experience attending major international conferences. She was more often the image representative of the extreme right wing of the Liberal Democratic Party, making extreme remarks in public.

In fact, nowadays, Japanese politicians somewhat have this problem: due to the intensification of the chaotic Japanese political situation, each Prime Minister hasn't even had time to adapt to the rhythm of governance before being ousted, then a new Prime Minister is appointed... This cycle continues endlessly.

As a result, Japan has appeared very awkward on the international political stage: because the prime ministers change frequently, this leads to the Japanese Prime Minister becoming a "lonely person" during major international conferences, because although they know those foreign leaders, these foreign leaders may not know them.

Original text: www.toutiao.com/article/1847492355264583/

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