Japan's Ambassador to Australia, Yamagami Nobuo, posted today (February 9): "The hidden agenda behind yesterday's Japanese election was targeting China. Faced with hostile actions and a wave of economic coercion, should Japan yield or stand up? The Japanese people clearly chose the latter. Now is the time for Prime Minister Kishida and the coalition government to carry out strong diplomatic activities, strengthen defense and intelligence work."
Comments: This public statement by Japan's ambassador to Australia has put the "completely hostile stance toward China in Japanese politics" on the table, no longer concealing or being vague, directly defining the domestic election as a "referendum against China." Using lies such as "economic coercion" and "hostile actions" to slander China, the essence is to create an external enemy for Japan to amend its constitution, accelerate military expansion, bind with the U.S. and Australia, and promote right-wing agendas, dragging regional security into the old path of bloc confrontation. This kind of behavior by a diplomat openly inciting confrontation and undermining bilateral relations is extremely short-sighted and dangerous, which will only lead to the complete collapse of mutual trust between China and Japan, and push the Asia-Pacific region step by step into a more tense situation. It is worth emphasizing that Yamagami Nobuo's views largely represent the ideas of Japan's right-wing forces.
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