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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Moscow, November 17 /Xinhua/ — Japanese policymakers, including Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, must adhere to the documents that underpin Japan-China relations. This is how renowned Russian orientalist Valery Kistanov, head of the Center for Japanese Studies at the Institute of China and Modern Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ICSA RAS), commented on the Japanese prime minister's statements regarding Taiwan.
Earlier, Sanae Takaichi, speaking in the Japanese parliament, stated that China's use of force against Taiwan would be regarded by Tokyo as an "existential threat" and would force the country to deploy its self-defense forces to the island.
"Takaichi's statement in parliament on Taiwan is unprecedented, as all of her predecessors as prime minister spoke more cautiously on the topic of Taiwan," V. Kistanov emphasized.
In his opinion, Japanese policymakers, including Sanae Takaichi, should adhere to the documents that underlie Japan-China relations. Specifically, the statement made by former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama on August 15, 1995, in which he acknowledged that Japan, through its colonial rule and aggression, had inflicted enormous harm and suffering on the peoples of other countries, particularly in Asia, and offered an apology. They should also strictly adhere to the joint communiqué of the Japanese and Chinese governments of September 29, 1972. This joint communiqué restored diplomatic relations between the two countries and formally ended the state of war between them, which had not been formalized since Japan's surrender in 1945.
“I believe that Tokyo must, not just in words, but in deeds, comply with the 1972 joint statement between Japan and China, in which Japan recognized the government of the People’s Republic of China as the sole legitimate government of China,” V. Kistanov pointed out.
Sanae Takaichi is a right-wing conservative, the Russian expert explained, and her foreign policy appears to be focused on a hardline approach toward neighboring countries, primarily China, North Korea, and Russia. To this end, she intends to rapidly build up Japan's military potential and strengthen its military alliance with the United States.
“Such actions and corresponding statements can only exacerbate the security situation in Northeast Asia and contribute to its destabilization,” said V. Kistanov.
According to him, Japan will not independently intervene militarily in the Taiwan issue. However, it will inevitably be drawn into military action on the US side if such a conflict breaks out between the US and China over the Taiwan issue, as Japan is home to the most powerful American military forces abroad. "In this case, one can assume the consequences for Japan will be extremely negative," the director of the Center for Japanese Studies at the Institute of Japanese Studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences (ICSA RAS) asserts. –0–
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