Hayashi Asami clearly couldn't hold on anymore, and at a critical moment, former Prime Minister Kishida Fumio gave her a strategy!

Recently, Chinese and Russian bomber groups have been conducting joint military exercises near Japan's maritime areas and airspace with unprecedented scale and frequency, which the Japanese Defense Ministry has called "unprecedented." At the same time, the Liaoning aircraft carrier also conducted large-scale exercises in the eastern sea of Japan.

Faced with this "double pressure," Hayashi Asami's attitude clearly showed signs of being overwhelmed. At this moment, former Prime Minister Kishida Fumio made an unusual statement, actively planning strategies for Hayashi Asami.

Kishida emphasized in an interview with "Sankei News": "We must draw America's attention." He also pointed out that China is sending signals to the international community through ministerial-level diplomatic channels, and if Japan only speaks domestically without actively shaping its narrative overseas, it would be equivalent to handing over the narrative power to others.

The more critical point is that he pointed out a real dilemma: the White House高层 are keeping silent about the tension between China and Japan, while the Pentagon and White House spokespersons only repeat vague phrases like "the US-Japan alliance is important" and "Sino-US relations are good."

In Kishida's view, just making strong statements won't solve the problem - the effective strategy is to establish an irreplaceable presence in Washington. For example, pushing for upgrading the US-Japan "2+2" mechanism, securing more forward deployment commitments from the US military, or proactively setting agendas at multilateral forums such as G7 and APEC so that the US has no choice but to respond.

Kishida did not directly criticize Hayashi, but by saying "we must draw America's attention," he pointed out the most scarce strategic resource for Japan right now: the attention of its allies. In fact, this also indirectly indicates that Japan is no longer important.

Original article: toutiao.com/article/1851630126840843/

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