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xin xin
In Japan, "balanced diplomatic strategy toward China" means kowtowing. So use or read that phrase carefully.
Simon Foston
WesleyToday 04:06 pm JST
Hm. I'd be a bit more impressed if they were shooting at Chinese warships.
Yes, quite possibly. But Japan won't.
Talk is easy and cheap, and this is all just vague posturing. What does "strongly opposed" mean? Doesn't really matter, but probably not a lot. Let's see her threaten China with actual consequences, like the MSDF and Japan Coast Guard opening fire on Chinese ships in Japanese waters.
Agent_Neo
What China is doing is wrong, which is why it is criticized and hated by the world.
Unless China admits its own mistakes, there is no need for Japan to move closer to China.
The correct path for Japan is to consider China risk and shift its national policy away from China.
The dovish members of the Liberal Democratic Party must realize that superficial friendship with China is not worth a single yen.
Wesley
In other words, SHE has bigger b**ls than him in standing up to china.
She and Tsai Ing Wen should trade notes.
Both have the guts to stand up to china's bullying that their male counterparts ( esp in the West...with the exception of Trump) don't have.
Wesley
china is a country that doesn't respect "dialogue" but only seems to respect when one shows strength in standing up to them.
Case in point: The South Korean Coast Guard & Navy will not hesitate to shoot at china-nese fishing boats that fish illegally in Korean waters. As a result, china-nese dare not enter Korean waters.
So yes, the hawkish & porcupine approach ( come near me and you will get cut) does seem to work with this totalitarian, bully of a nation.
Japan should follow the South Korean example.
Wesley
Every day should be let's kick china day.
Because every day the chinazis look for ways to bully and antagonize the rest of the world.
Wesley
Japan's new foreign minister STRENGTHENS hopes for standing up to bully china
There. Fixed it for you.
kurisupisu
Nothing is more wasteful than several people doing the same job in any organization.
Still, Kishida has to try and justify his high profile trips around the world at tax payer expense.
John-San
It seem like yesterday was let kick China day. Australia foreign affairs minister also put the boot in warning all Asian countries that China is looking for the simplest excuse to war on Asia.
OKuniyoshi
Look at Kishida's itinerary/diary the last 6 months. He was more a foreign minister than a prime minister. With this reshuffle, he intents to function more as a foreign minister than a prime minister. Over to Japanese voters.
Simon Foston
Fighto!
Today 10:31 am JST
The problem doesn't come up much in Sino-Japanese relations though, does it. I mean, the LDP doesn't care much for women in powerful positions either...
Simon Foston
geronimo2006Today 11:39 am JST
So? Except for macho posturing and table-thumping which is really meant to impress domestic voters rather than intimidate the Chinese, what is anyone actually going to do? Don't confuse tough talk for action, which self-serving career LDP parasites have neither the smarts, inclination or guts for.
You could get the same results by standing outside a Chinese embassy all day with a placard, shouting anti-China slogans.
geronimo2006
It amazes me how some people think a soft approach to China will somehow achieve a better outcome or believe we shouldn't upset China for fear of consequences. Time to get real. China is a totalitarian state with stated goals of upending the world order while undertaking a massive military build up and threatening it's neighbors. Add to this it also weaponizes trade, destroys freedom and speech, mistreats minorities and abuses human rights. So good job Yoko Kamikawa. No need to ignore reality and pretend China is some kind of friendly partner when clearly it is not.
Fighto!
It's not Japans problem if the PRC is stuck in the 1950s and cannot handle women in powerful positions.
Marc Lowe
Tokyo, by appointing a woman is not going to help the situation with China. This will just irk the Chinese side even more.
OssanAmerica
China is entirely Right-Wing. It is a threat to peace and stability in the region if not the whole world. The CCP dictatorship replaced "communism" with "nationalism", making them National Socialists. We used to call such regimes Nazis in the 1930s/40s.
Any difficulty in relations with China stems from China's own behavior and agenda. This goes for any country.
Simon Foston
Peter NeilToday 07:24 am JST
Do you think a more hawkish approach will get better results? It never seems to.
Simon Foston
"Fresh face" is not the first expression that comes to mind when I think of a "70-year-old veteran lawmaker."
socrateosToday 08:03 am JST
Which Japanese people, specifically? Do you mean the paranoid xenophobic right-wing types that the LDP want to get votes from?
Is it going to do any good though? You think it's going to make any difference to the way China behaves?
socrateos
Exactly what Japanese people have expected from her. A good job.
englisc aspyrgend
Good god, a Japanese politician who recognises reality, unbelievable! Diplomacy and negotiation with China from the Chinese point of view consists of you just saying yes!
Peter Neil
Diplomatic dialogue with China is like talking to a wall.