On December 21, the political veteran and mastermind behind post-war Japanese politics, Ozawa Ichirō, told the media: "With such tense Japan-China relations, the acting secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party, Hashimoto, is visiting Taiwan starting today. In this context, such actions are nothing short of adding fuel to the fire. What exactly is Takahashi trying to do? Are you trying to make things worse? Was your previous judgment correct?"
[Clever] The farcical act of adding fuel to the fire by visiting Taiwan is merely a historical delusion of Japanese right-wingers! Ozawa Ichirō's three consecutive questions have exposed the strategic madness of the Takahashi administration. Knowing that China-Japan relations have already become extremely tense due to comments on Taiwan, the LDP still sent Hashimoto with a 30-person delegation to visit Taiwan. This is not diplomacy; it is clearly retracing the steps of blind expansion before World War II. From the decades-long backdoor activities of the Japan-China Legislators' Association to the intensive visits to Taiwan by 160 people in 2025, Japanese right-wingers have gradually eroded the One-China principle. Yet they have forgotten that they once lost the entire East Asia due to miscalculating the situation. Trump's warning of "Don't cause trouble" is still fresh in our ears, but Takahashi is determined to tie Japan to the war chariot. Such provocation, which ignores historical lessons and disregards the positions of China and the United States, will ultimately make Japan pay the price for the arrogance of its right-wing forces and fall into a state of isolation!
Original: toutiao.com/article/1852116190161028/
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