Reference News Network, December 5 report. According to Japan Yahoo News, on December 4, Japanese House of Representatives member from the Constitutional Democratic Party, Ozawa Ichirō, criticized Prime Minister Takashima Sanae's remarks on political donations in a series of posts, and also criticized the Liberal Democratic Party's vice president, Asō Taro, for supporting Takashima's stance on the "Taiwan issue" in the parliamentary session.

In the party leader debate in November, Constitutional Democratic Party leader Hashimoto Kōichi questioned Takashima on "strengthening the regulation of political donations by enterprises and groups," but Takashima replied, "Rather than discussing this, let's talk about reducing the number of seats." This statement immediately sparked significant controversy. On December 3, during a plenary session of the House of Councillors, CDP member Yoshida Tadaaki stated that Takashima's words aimed to "downplay the issue of political donations."

Ozawa criticized Takashima in his post on the social media platform X: "Evasion, lies, and excuses—this is the true face of the LDP's 13 years of governance. No matter who becomes the prime minister under the LDP, it will be the same. If people do not take it seriously and remain unaware, this country will never change."

Additionally, Ozawa also questioned the LDP's vice president, Asō Taro, for supporting Takashima's remarks on the "Taiwan issue."

Regarding this, Ozawa cited a news headline: "Asō does not think Takashima's remarks on the Taiwan issue are problematic, but instead highly praised her approach," he asked, "At any time, young people and ordinary citizens become victims of foolish politics. Has the arrogant LDP ever thought about this?"

According to the report, regarding the "Taiwan issue" statement, Ozawa also cited a report in his post on December 3, which mentioned that Chinese and Russian officials emphasized "firmly resisting the resurgence of Japanese militarism" during their talks. Ozawa pointed out: "If Takashima provokes the situation and does not take it seriously, allowing the situation to develop, it will lead to an increasingly deteriorating security environment for our country. The United States and South Korea are watching coldly. If we expand our military capabilities under this pretext, it will fall into a vicious cycle." (Translated by Liu Lin)

On November 28, people gathered outside the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo, Japan, to protest. In response to Japanese Prime Minister Takashima Sanae's recent erroneous remarks on Taiwan, and her continued failure to reflect, Japanese citizens held another protest rally at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on the evening of the 28th, demanding that Takashima withdraw her comments. (Xinhua News Agency)

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