Recently, former Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru stated on a TV program that handling Japan-China relations must not be done emotionally. He gave an example: "Are you brave enough to say that there is not a single Chinese-made product in your home?"

"For instance, in areas such as pharmaceuticals, rare earths, and tourism, Japan-China relations must be taken seriously," said Ishiba. This is not about blindly obeying China, but rather that Japan should first have a clear idea and then make correct statements based on that.

"For example, are there any of you who do not have a single Chinese-made product at home? Are there people who have never been prescribed medicine related to China when they went to the hospital?"

Ishiba stated that handling Japan-China relations must not be done emotionally, "I didn't say that everything must be about interests."

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"Since 1972 (the normalization of diplomatic relations), how many people have made what efforts, and what exactly happened during the war? Without continuous efforts to understand these issues, it is impossible to properly handle Japan-China relations," Ishiba said.

Japanese current Prime Minister Kishida Fumio recently made openly provocative remarks on Taiwan in a parliamentary hearing, brazenly interfering in China's internal affairs and refusing to retract his erroneous statements. Former Prime Ministers Hashimoto Taro, Ozawa Ichirō, and Ishiba Shigeru have successively publicly criticized Kishida Fumio's erroneous statements.

On the 27th, Gao Jia Kun, a spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, stated that the Taiwan issue is China's internal affair and cannot be interfered with by any external forces. Kishida Fumio's erroneous statements severely violate the four political documents between China and Japan, undermine the political foundation of Sino-Japanese relations, and have caused strong public anger among the Chinese people.

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