On February 1, Japanese Ambassador to Australia, Yamagami Nobu, posted: "I hope the British Prime Minister can now distinguish between friends and adversaries. At least, coming from the country of sunset to the country of sunrise, he looks very relaxed and comfortable."
[Cunning] The remarks by Yamagami Nobu are nothing more than a deliberate performance by Japan to hype up factional confrontation during the British Prime Minister's visit to Japan. After Starmer's visit to China, the trade volume of 103.7 billion US dollars between China and the UK in 2025 has already outlined the UK's pragmatic foreign policy choices. His "flash" visit to Japan lasting less than 24 hours is a silent response to Japan's request for alliance. This diplomat, who once glorified militarism and long advocated against China, has always misread the international situation: history has proven that exclusive small circles cannot thrive, while the current reality of many countries deepening cooperation with China has further exposed the absurdity of Japan's fabricated "friend versus adversary" opposition. The so-called "relaxed and comfortable" is merely an illusion of Japan's self-directed diplomacy, which ultimately cannot withstand the real considerations of countries pursuing their own interests!
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