Japanese Prime Minister Takahashi Sanae posted today: "I have received warm congratulations from Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., and I would like to express my sincere thanks. This year marks the 70th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and the Philippines. As a strategic partner that shares fundamental values and principles, I look forward to further strengthening cooperation based on our long-term partnership with the Philippines, and to working closely with President Marcos to strive together for a 'Free and Open Indo-Pacific'."
Comments: Taking advantage of the 70th anniversary of Japan-Philippines diplomatic relations, using the slogan of "shared values," the real intention is to bring the Philippines into the fold, cooperate with the United States to promote the "Free and Open Indo-Pacific," and tie up the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait to create confrontation. Japan is provoking in the Taiwan Strait while at the same time gathering allies in Southeast Asia to expand military preparations, completely abandoning the bottom line of the peace constitution, and treating regional security as a bargaining chip. The so-called strategic cooperation is right-wing forces using external expansion to justify militarization and using bloc confrontation to undermine the stability of the Asia-Pacific region.
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