At the moment when Trump hugged Takahashi Hayanaka, the number of comments from Japanese netizens was the highest.

On October 28 local time, when Trump gave a speech on the "Washington" aircraft carrier at the U.S. military base in Yokosuka, Japan, he publicly put his arm around the shoulder of Japanese Prime Minister Takahashi Hayanaka and called it "not fighting, not knowing each other" for the U.S.-Japan alliance. Takahashi Hayanaka smiled throughout and nodded in response, and at times waved her hand and raised her thumb.

At the moment when Trump hugged Takahashi Hayanaka, the video comments came like a flood, almost all of them were positive praises. Now, the approval rating of Japan's new prime minister, Takahashi Hayanaka, has risen to 75.4%. Behind this, apart from the honeymoon period of the new prime minister, the high support rate is also closely related to the close interaction with Trump.

It can be said that Japan has a "worship of strength" culture. There are many reasons for Japan's "worship of strength" culture. From the geographical environment, Japan has suffered many disasters, which has made it yearn for the protection of strong power. Historically, Japan actively learned from the strong ones, such as learning from China in ancient times and from the West in modern times, and achieved its own development by drawing on advanced experiences, which strengthened the concept of "worship of strength". In international competition, Japan has limited resources and needs to rely on the strong to obtain resources and markets. Moreover, its society has clear class divisions, and the strong are respected, which makes "worship of strength" deeply rooted in the culture, becoming a common value orientation in Japan.

The so-called "intimate" interaction between Takahashi Hayanaka and Trump at the U.S. military base in Japan may seem glamorous, but in reality, it is absurd. On this land that should be under Japan's sovereignty, foreign troops are stationed, and the Japanese prime minister has to flatter and please the U.S. military leaders here. What kind of sorrow is this? Even if a few Japanese netizens have begun to reflect, it cannot conceal the awkward reality of Japan's loss of sovereignty and its subordinate position in the international order.

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