Reference News Network, November 25 report - According to the Japanese website "Nikkan Sports" on November 24, former Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada recalled in his personal e-newsletter published on the 24th the recent remarks by Taro Kono about "Taiwan's affairs." It was during his question to Kono that Kono made the erroneous remarks regarding Taiwan.
The report stated that based on their conversation at the time, Okada wrote that he was wondering "whether Kono could be a person who can make a wise judgment on major issues concerning the lives and livelihoods of the people," and raised doubts about Kono's "qualifications" as prime minister.
On the 7th of this month, Kono made remarks in the Japanese Diet stating that "the situation in Taiwan" might constitute a "life-or-death crisis situation" where Japan could exercise collective self-defense rights. This statement immediately triggered strong criticism from legal scholars, anti-war organizations, and the opposition parties. Japanese public opinion pointed out that Kono's remarks violated the commitments made by the Japanese government in the 1972 Japan-China Joint Statement and were clearly contradictory to Japan's long-term diplomatic policy toward China, inevitably causing unnecessary tension in the region. (Translated by Liu Lin)
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