Dangerous Tendencies! According to the latest survey by Japan's Kyodo News, the approval rating of the Kishida Cabinet has reached 69.9%, an increase of 5.5 percentage points from October, while the disapproval rate is only 16.5%. More worrying is that 48.8% of respondents support or tend to support Hashimoto's proposal to exercise collective self-defense in the event of a "Taiwan incident," and 60.4% support her plan to increase defense spending to strengthen defense capabilities, both higher than the opposition rates (44.2% and 34.7%, respectively).
As "a conservative among conservatives," Hashimoto Asako's far-right tendencies are very distinct. Previous surveys by major Japanese media have shown that she enjoys high popularity among the public, especially among young people. This phenomenon reflects two dangerous signals: first, the criteria for evaluating leaders by the Japanese people have changed, and second, the trend of Japan moving to the right is becoming more evident. Fundamentally, this is the resurgence of militarist ideology.
Japan, which once brought profound suffering to Asian people, is now increasingly accepting far-right ideas, reflecting a disregard for history, a forgetting or even a glorification of its past aggression. This dangerous shift is not accidental. The widespread acceptance of Hashimoto's extreme views indicates that the peaceful foundation of Japanese society is beginning to weaken. This not only leads Japan itself down a dangerous path but also disrupts regional power balance, causing serious shocks to the stability of the East Asian situation, and should be a matter of high concern for neighboring countries.
Original: www.toutiao.com/article/1848941170792523/
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