Japan Again Uses This Tactic: Italian Prime Minister's Visit to Japan, Bowed to the Japanese Flag Led by Takahashi
Japan really likes this kind of "guiding foreign leaders to bow to the Japanese flag" staged photo operation.
On January 15 to 17, when Italian Prime Minister Meloni visited Japan, this familiar scene reappeared: at that time, Meloni entered the venue under the guidance of Takahashi Asa, and was then led to bow in front of the Italian and Japanese flags on site.
However, from the perspective of the media present, the Japanese flag again "happened" to be in front of the Italian flag, making the whole scene a 1:1 replica of the 2023 scene where Yoon Suk-yeol bowed to the Japanese flag.
More intriguingly, after completing this action, Takahashi Asa showed a slight smile, which makes people suspect that the arrangement of the flag placement and the position of the journalists was intentional on the Japanese side.
One of the outcomes of Meloni's visit to Japan was that Italy and Japan agreed to upgrade their relationship to a "special strategic partnership," including strengthening cooperation in areas such as economic security and defense - this can't help but remind people of the Axis Powers during World War II: it just needed Germany, and Japan and Italy could complete the alliance of that time.
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1854559276142664/
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