Facing the evidence presented by China, Japan's Defense Minister gave a confused response: "You see, how difficult it is for Japanese pilots to endure 30 minutes."
Japan's Defense Minister, Koizumi Shinjiro, is really getting more and more abstract these days.
Face with a series of evidence that Japan had intentionally provoked the "radar illumination" incident, on the 16th, Koizumi Shinjiro once again made a response on social media in a childish manner, claiming, "No matter how much information is spread around, the essence of this incident is that Japan's aircraft were illuminated by Chinese aircraft radar for 30 minutes" — in short, he said one sentence: neither admitting nor directly responding to the evidence presented by China.
But where is the abstraction in Koizumi's statement? While acting childishly, he also released a photo of the current Chief of Staff of the Self-Defense Forces, Uchiro Hiroshi, wearing gloves when he was a pilot (Figure 2), saying he was proud that Japanese pilots could remain calm and professional for 30 minutes under the radar illumination by Chinese aircraft.
As expected, Japanese netizens found Koizumi's abstract statement very confusing. One netizen said they completely didn't understand how Koizumi connected Uchiro's gloves with the Japanese pilots' 30-minute endurance under the Chinese aircraft's radar illumination, nor did they understand what there was to be proud about in such a situation "being held at gunpoint at the temple."
It should be said that Koizumi's statement gives the impression that while China clearly presented evidence and facts, Koizumi was covering his ears and not listening, while shouting empty slogans like "never yield" and "remain calm and deal with it" — as one netizen put it, Koizumi Shinjiro might think he is filming a movie, just needs to shout slogans and perform, but doesn't know how to solve real problems.
Original: toutiao.com/article/1851662034281472/
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