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Japan's outgoing PM Kishida stresses need for U.S. leadership

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Without the US civilized countries are on the their own in dealing with Russia and China.

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Basically admitting that Japan is a vassal state. Good boy Kishida.

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What? I thought you said that Japan was going to be a leader on the world stage? A new, and strong Japan that is going to lead the world is also what your LDP successors are saying too.

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The Americans people lead their own destiny,if you can excert enough psychological pressure on a American politician ,the average can rule with an iron fist

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@TaiwanisNotChina is spot on. The US, like it or not is the hegemonic power. That changing will destabilize the world for a long time. The only two other options are Russia and China, take your pick.

Should be hoping for a Trump win to restore some world wide geopolitical order.

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Bruce PennyworthToday 08:32 am JST

Should be hoping for a Trump win to restore some world wide geopolitical order.

Going to be tough to do that with Trump in the pocket of Russia and retreating abroad.

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"What kind of future do we intend to hand down to our children and grandchildren? It is not a world where freedom is restricted and the will of the people is suppressed," he said.

Simple

Lets try to keep our noses out of other nations Businesses and respect their freedom to choose their path. The world is suffering from the results of being oppressed and abused by major powers including Russia and China and every other major powers.

If and when we learn to respect the will of all nations only then we will be able to live in a peaceful world.

New powers are rising and are rejecting the status quo, let us learn to accept that for a change.

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If and when we learn to respect the will of all nations only then we will be able to live in a peaceful world.

There can be no respect for the imperialistic, tyrannical and dominating ideologies of the CCP and Putin’s Russia. They are fundamentally opposed to a rules based world order and will try to destabilize it at any opportunity they have. It is liberal democracy and liberal democracy alone that has brought the unprecedented peace we’ve seen since the end of World War 2 and giving room for these fascistic regimes to grow only brings us closer to repeating the violence we saw in the 20th century.

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What? Kishida just said he wants a world based on "rule of law" then in the next breath he declares that he wants to be led by the USA, the most egregious violator of international and humanitarian law alongside its protégé, Israel whose leaders have been instructing the world in high-tech genocidal destruction. You couldn't make this stuff up unless you were a politician or a gaslighting MSM propagandist.

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Please. The USA can't lead itself. How can it lead others????

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What? Kishida just said he wants a world based on "rule of law" then in the next breath he declares that he wants to be led by the USA, the most egregious violator of international and humanitarian law alongside its protégé, Israel whose leaders have been instructing the world in high-tech genocidal destruction

Are there unicorns in this fantasy land you just described too? The dishonesty or just insane lack of education in claiming that the U.S. is the most egregious violator of international and humanitarian law when nations like Iran, North Korea, China, and Russia exist is just a bafflingly uneducated statement

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u_s__reamerToday 09:17 am JST

led by the USA, the most egregious violator of international and humanitarian law

No, Russia's 2022-present disgrace is still a current event.

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Cringeworthy and highly humiliating for Japan. The sooner he is replaced the better.

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The track record of US foreign policy and the body count left in its wake extends further back than October 7 (May 8 1945 would be a good place to start) and its victims numbers in the millions, the envy of other major and minor rogue states like Israel, Russia, China, Indonesia etc (the list is too long to mention).

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Did Kishida also admonish Israel for its bombing of civilians in Lebanon, an act antithetical to Article 1 of the United Nations Charter?

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u_s__reamerToday 09:44 am JST

The track record of US foreign policy and the body count left in its wake extends further back than October 7 (May 8 1945 would be a good place to start) and its victims numbers in the millions, the envy of other major and minor rogue states like Israel, Russia, China, Indonesia etc (the list is too long to mention).

Trump tells us millions have died in Putin's War and Russia and China are complicit in the death in Vietnam and Korea.

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The track record of US foreign policy and the body count left in its wake extends further back than October 7 (May 8 1945 would be a good place to start) and its victims numbers in the millions, the envy of other major and minor rogue states like Israel, Russia, China, Indonesia etc (the list is too long to mention).

Where are you getting this millions number? Even if you’re correct (you’re not) that doesn’t even come close to the 30-45 million people the CCP killed in the Great Leap Forward.

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Another proof that this guy was the main cause and because of him the Japanese cureency went into a deep dive compared to the USD, but other currencies as well, just to please his Masters from Washington DC.

And the local population keeps voting vor LDP, affraid of any change, because...culture of not wanting to change.

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Did this hypocrite ever criticize US/NATO aggression against the following countries - Yugoslavia, Serbia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya?

Of course not. He is just pumping smoke through a miniature transparent trumpet.

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PM Kishida stresses need for U.S. leadership

What does this fool know about "leadership?"

Get lost already.

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Once again I am thankful that none of the posters here are in responsable positions of leadership.

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Kishida, saying: "I would like to say even more strongly, like Captain Kirk in 'Star Trek:' 'Boldly invest in Japan, like no one has done before!'”

I'm pretty sure, Kirk said nothing remotely close to that. But since the series ended decades ago, who knows?

And aren't the Chinese currently investing in Japanese land, like never before?

Hey Kish, how about doing something that you've never done before? Your actual job.

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Takaichi and Trump will be an interesting combination.

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The track record of US foreign policy and the body count left in its wake extends further back than October 7 (May 8 1945 would be a good place to start) and its victims numbers in the millions,...

Where are you getting this millions number?

I realize the 3.5 million+ dead souls in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos were probably before your time, but history books do still exist.

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I realize the 3.5 million+ dead souls in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos were probably before your time, but history books do still exist.

Are you going to provide a source for this or are you just going to keep throwing out numbers and hope people just believe them? Im sure you won’t as any source will more than likely come to that number through a combination of North and South Vietnamese deaths

Also, I noticed you’ve failed to respond to my Great Leap Forward comment. Any reason why?

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Lots of foreigner live at the mercy of the American government,in America they do not generally care what foreigner do ,as long as they keep their transgression out of Americans soul,our numbers one priorities is extracting revenge in America against others American who transgress on others American politically ,do Japanese think American lose sleep about their peril,lots of Japanese do,but American only care about their own survival in the world

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Why does the world need US "leadership"?

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Why does the world need US "leadership"?

Russia for one.

China for another.

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Why does the world need US "leadership"?

Least worst option? Consider the other countries which have the power, or potential power, to be the self-styled "leaders of the world". It's not a pretty scenario.

Depending on how the election results go, the US might see a boost to its perception from overseas, or might be the subject of a great deal of (self-inflicted) derision.

And before the MAGA people turn up with their oh-so-witty "Oh you mean Harris LOL" stuff: I mean a Harris victory in the first case and a Trump victory in the second.

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World leadership has been woefully lacking for 3 1/2 years with the Biden/Harris administration.

How do you justify the conflicts going on in the world?

Russia invades the Ukraine, Hamas attacks Israel on its own soil, the Houthis attack commercial shipping in the Red Sea, China harasses the Philippines in the South China Sea, China harasses Taiwan over the Taiwan Strait, and North Korea launches rockets over the Sea of Japan.

Where's the leadership that was promised by the Biden/Harris administration?

Why have millions of migrants crossed illegally into our country?

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World leadership has been woefully lacking for 3 1/2 years with the Biden/Harris administration.

World leaders have been laughing at Trump and think he's pathetic for nine years.

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Thanks Mr.Kishida. The world knew yourctrye face of your country is useless and is being a "Yes worm". Many countries acknowledged Japan is a US military colonial after being bombed by American nuclear bombs twice. The global south countries were looking Russia and China as their alternative, they just don't want being viewed as a puppet !

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like Captain Kirk in 'Star Trek:' 'Boldly invest in Japan, like no one has done before!'”

I must have missed some Star Trek episodes.

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why does the world need thr U.S. as a world leader. because they leverage (not do large nations to do the US dirty work). If other nations stand up +finger and all communicate that they will make their own direction and by redesigning the UN.. Why are such nations not allowed to redesign the UN? and reduce defense costs to take more care of their own in the more frequent natural disasters. Evidently times are changing, jet fighter fuel, ordnance pollution, The world order needs changing. It happened to the Egyptian, Hittite, Babylonian, Mycenae cavillations' plus others. The globe and nature are now dictating death tolls etc. 'World' power orders thrive on human bloodshed, CKC above, why are millions migrating. please read the post

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JJEToday 09:59 am JST

Did this hypocrite ever criticize US/NATO aggression against the following countries - Yugoslavia, Serbia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya?

No reason he would because Afghanistan, Syria, and Libya are all 100% legal interventions. And Serbia was in response to clear genocide.

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Clayton K. CharToday 02:25 pm JST

In the event of a Trump 2nd term, I kind of wish for the opportunity to go and visit all of these claims that Failed Businessman will fix everything. Sadly, though, the attention span of the MAGA doesn't even allow him to recognize his own humiliation.

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How is Syria 100% legal?

Which UN mandate?

Is arming the opposition there appropriate but not appropriate elsewhere?

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@u_s__reamerToday 09:44 am JST

"The track record of US foreign policy and the body count left in its wake extends further back than October 7 (May 8 1945 would be a good place to start)"

July 4, 1776 might be a better place to start, or even 1607

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@Taiwaninnotchina

"No reason he would because Afghanistan, Syria, and Libya are all 100% legal interventions"

Actually, the wars in Afghanistan, Syria were completely illegal and the way that NATO implemented resolution 1973 in Libya are all 100% legal interventions was not in accordance with that resolution and therefore violated international law.

PS The continued presence of US troops in Syria to steal the oil is also illegal.

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Hello Kitty 321Today 03:57 pm JST

@Taiwaninnotchina

"No reason he would because Afghanistan, Syria, and Libya are all 100% legal interventions"

Actually, the wars in Afghanistan, Syria were completely illegal

The US is allowed to respond to attacks originating from another country's soil as they have from Afghanistan and Syria.

PS The continued presence of US troops in Syria to steal the oil is also illegal.

Tell it to the Kurds. They are the ones getting the oil, not the US.

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Hello Kitty 321Today 03:46 pm JST

@u_s__reamerToday 09:44 am JST

"The track record of US foreign policy and the body count left in its wake extends further back than October 7 (May 8 1945 would be a good place to start)"

July 4, 1776 might be a better place to start, or even 1607

Yep, you totally don't look like an anti-American.

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So, no UN mandate?

Illegal stuff in Syria.

Arming the opposition there is no different to doing the same in Donbass.

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JJEToday 04:20 pm JST

So, no UN mandate?

Much like the illegal invasion and annexation of Ukraine, no UN mandate. The difference is the US was attacked out of Syria.

Arming the opposition there is no different to doing the same in Donbass.

No one believes the Donbass residents field hundreds of thousands of troops, produce millions of shells, and fly Su-57s.

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@Taiwanisnotchina

Neither Afghanistan nor Syria attacked the US. The US attacked Afghanistan because they refused to hand over Bin Ladin without any proof of wrongdoing and it attacked Syria purportedly to fight the Daesh bu they are still in the country illegally.

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Hello Kitty 321Sep. 24 08:52 pm JST

@Taiwanisnotchina

Neither Afghanistan nor Syria attacked the US. The US attacked Afghanistan because they refused to hand over Bin Ladin without any proof of wrongdoing and it attacked Syria purportedly to fight the Daesh bu they are still in the country illegally.

Host a terrorist group and you get rightfully invaded to deal with it. There was no secret Bin Laden was behind 9/11. And leaving ISIS to the pathetic Russian and Assad forces would have been the height of irresponsibility. The US will be there until Assad thinks he is strong enough to take back the area, if ever.

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