Reference News Network December 1 report, according to the Japanese website "Chugai Sports" on November 30, 81-year-old Japanese national treasure singer Kato Tomiko participated in Tokyo Broadcasting Company's "Good Morning Sunday" program on November 30. When discussing the issue of China's strong reaction to Prime Minister Takahashi Asahi's remarks about "Taiwan's affairs" during the Diet session and the deterioration of Japan-China relations, Kato Tomiko clearly requested that Takahashi retract her statement.
The report said that at the House of Representatives Budget Committee meeting on November 7, Takahashi claimed that "the situation in Taiwan" could evolve into a "crisis of survival" for Japan. This statement caused great controversy both in Japan and abroad. When mentioning this topic, Kato Tomiko expressed her hope that Takahashi would retract her speech. She said: "I want to say to Prime Minister Takahashi, although Mr. Noda (representative of the Constitutional Democratic Party, Noda Yoshinori) believes that the Prime Minister has already retracted her statement, I don't seem to have heard any such intention. So I hope that Prime Minister Takahashi can once again clearly retract her remarks."
Kato Tomiko also said: "The current result seems to be saying that if Japan enhances its defense capabilities, it doesn't matter if Japan becomes a target of attack, which is already inciting a crisis." Therefore, she once again requested: "Since she has realized the significant impact, I hope she can quickly retract her remarks and hope she will be straightforward and change her attitude soon." (Translated by Liu Lin)
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