On October 8, 2001, Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi visited China. After visiting Lugou Bridge and Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression Memorial Hall , he also presented wreaths to the soldiers and civilians who died in the war in front of the "Flesh and Blood Great Wall" sculpture.
When meeting with then President Jiang Zemin that afternoon, Koizumi Junichiro had a sincere attitude and was deeply sorry and mourning for the Chinese military and civilians who died in the war of aggression. He also expressed that he would seriously reflect on the future development path and would never let the war happen again.
Kuizumi Junichiro
However, after returning to China, he was inconsistent with his words and deeds and implemented completely opposite political measures, causing Sino-Japanese relations to fall into a lasting ice age. Looking back at the two Chinese characters he left after visiting the memorial hall, the ink marks seemed to be still wet, but the person who wrote them at the beginning had a strange word and deed, and his political stance was contrary to his original promise.
So what two Chinese characters did he leave in Anti-Japanese War Memorial Hall ? What measures did he implement to put China-Japan relations into an ice age?
Visit to China Memorial Hall
On October 8, 2001, Junichiro Koizumi visited China for a visit. This was his first visit to China since he served as prime minister in April of that year.
Abe Shinzo (left), Koizumi Junichiro (middle)
However, due to the "911" terrorist attacks in the United States in 2001, Koizumi Junichiro's original visit time was greatly shortened, only in just 6 hours. In 6 hours, Junichiro Koizumi first visited the Lugou Bridge outside Beijing and watched for a long time in front of the "Lugou Xiaoyue" stone tablet.
64 years ago, the 29th Army of the Chinese defenders resisted the Japanese invaders here and fought bloody battles with the enemy. After the defenders had no ammunition and food, they even rushed forward to launch a hand-to-hand battle with the Japanese army. There are blood from revolutionary martyrs everywhere on the Lugou Bridge. is the starting point of the full outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War and , and it is also a ironclad evidence of Japan's invasion of China.
So when walking through the bluestone deck of Lugou Bridge, can Prime Minister Koizumi hear the roar of countless martyrs under the bridge? Can you feel the tragic tragedy of the Lugou Bridge battlefield back then? I think Prime Minister Koizumi has his own answer in his heart. The standing in front of the "Lugou Xiaoyue" stone tablet may be his condolences to the martyrs who died back then.
Kuizumi Junichiro
After visiting the Lugou Bridge, he came to the Memorial Hall of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, which is not far away.
After entering the memorial hall, the solemn atmosphere inside instantly infected him, making his somewhat chaotic thoughts quickly calmed down. Under the leadership of Chinese accompanying staff, Junichiro Koizumi gradually visited the entire process of the Anti-Japanese War. Starting from Japan's invasion of the Northeast, it first started with local anti-Japanese war , and then went to all fronts of the Chinese nation to fight against the war in full swing. Finally, it ended with the surrender of Japan and the great victory of the Anti-Japanese War.
During the visit, Junichiro Koizumi looked at photos showing the atrocities of the Japanese army, with no turmoil on his face. The photo shows the Japanese army burning and killing Chinese civilians under the "Three Lights" policy. The corpses burned by the fire lie in the ruins, which is shocking!
Koizumi Junichiro
There are also photos of the station bombed by the Japanese army and civilians stabbed to death by bayonets, as well as images of burying and killing, burning corpses, and corpses pillows. As he looked at it one by one, Junichiro Koizumi didn't say a word, but just stared at it intently, as if he was already there.
The visit ended. In front of the "Flesh and Blood Wall" sculpture in the memorial hall where the anti-Japanese military and civilians stood with guns, Junichiro Koizumi also presented a wreath and bowed in front of the sculpture to mourn the Chinese people who died in the War of Resistance Against Japan.
This is the first prime minister of the Japanese government to come here to lay wreaths since the victory of the Anti-Japanese War. Five years ago, former Japanese Prime Minister Fuji Murayama also visited China. Although he also visited the Anti-Japanese War Memorial Hall and expressed his condolences, he did not put a wreath on it.
Kuizumi Junichiro left the words in the Anti-Japanese Memorial Hall
,Kuizumi Junichiro walked to a table. Under the view of the Japanese delegation visiting China and the Chinese accompanying staff, he held a brush and wrote two big words "Loyalty" and "Shush" on white paper. After signing
, Prime Minister Koizumi also marked the writing time of "Heisei Thirteenth Year" next to it.
Looking at these two Chinese characters, the accompanying staff felt the warm respect between the lines, which was a respect for history and a meditation on the past.
When meeting with Jiang Zemin, then President of the State, Junichiro Koizumi clearly expressed his apology and condolences for Japanese war of aggression against China, and promised not to start another war. However, who would have thought that such a prime minister who seems to have expressed repentance to history is actually a two-faced person?
Koizumi Junichiro
Time went back to two months ago when Koizumi Junichiro visited China.
On August 13, 2001, Junichiro Koizumi, then Prime Minister, came to the Yasukuni Shrine, which worshipped Japan's Class A war criminals. As one of the three fascist countries in World War II , Japan's refusal to repent after the war made countries around the world angry.
Compared with the reflection and confession after the war in Germany and Italy, Japan can be said to be a typical negative textbook for .
The infamous Yasukuni Shrine is the ironclad evidence that Japan refuses to repent, and no one with a conscience should go to worship. However, in the original plan, Junichiro Koizumi not only decided to go to worship in person, but also specially selected the day of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War. This is simply a provocation to China!
Koizumi Junichiro
After China's negotiations, the Japanese government even shamelessly said: "The Prime Minister's visit is a personal act, and we have no right to interfere."
In this case, Tang Jiaxuan, then Minister of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, told Tanaka Makiko, hoping that she could come forward to stop it. Tanaka Makiko is the daughter of former Japanese Prime Minister Tanaka Kakuei . She is the largest pro-China member of Japan. She once helped Koizumi when she was running for Prime Minister. With her coming forward, the matter should be solved.
However, after multiple negotiations, although Junichiro Koizumi agreed to change the time and changed the time originally scheduled for August 15 to the 13th, he still went to the Yasukuni Shrine to pay homage!
Koizumi Junichiro
This is equivalent to sprinkling salt on Chinese people's wounds to expose our scars! The news spread to the country and immediately caused an uproar among the people, and the Chinese people protested his worship of war criminals. Therefore, in an instant, the previously relatively mild Sino-Japanese relations suddenly became cold and entered an unprecedented ice period after Kakuei Tanaka visited China.
During his October visit to China, many people thought that Junichiro Koizumi realized his mistake and came to China to apologize and repent. His speech in China also clearly expressed this meaning. But what was unexpected was that he was a two-faced "hypocrite" and immediately changed his face after returning to Japan! It seems that I have forgotten everything I said when I visited China.
Kuizumi Junichiro
Before being elected as Prime Minister of Japan,Kuizumi Junichiro had expressed to former Prime Minister Hashimoto Ryutaro : "If elected, he will definitely visit the Yasukuni Shrine on August 15 every year." It can be seen that Koizumi Junichiro's visit to the Yasukuni Shrine was not a temporary intention, but a long plan!
Two-faced Prime Minister
0 The second year after Koizumi visited China and returned to China, just when everyone thought he had expressed his attitude that he would not visit the Yasukuni Shrine again, he went to visit again! Moreover, during his re-elected as prime minister of Japan, he went to the Yasukuni Shrine six times in six years. He did not break his promise to Ryutaro Hashimoto, but he lies to the Chinese people.
Kuizumi Junichiro
What he said during his visit to China is "apology" and "condolences" , but the scene he said, not out of sincerity. Otherwise, it would be impossible to visit the Yasukuni Shrine again.
As for the two words "loyalty" and "forgiveness" he left behind, "loyalty" is the original meaning of "sincerity and effort, and do your best", and "forgiveness" is the original meaning of "forgiveness, understanding, and tolerance". When Junichiro Koizumi visited China and expressed his apology, the interpretation of these two words can be said to be a request for forgiveness. I hope the two countries will let go of their hatred and work together to move towards the future.
However, judging from his behavior of continuing to visit the Yasukuni Shrine after returning to China, I am afraid that the meaning of these two words may not be as simple as interpreted at that time.
Kuizumi Junichiro
After World War II, due to the constraints of the defeated country's status, Japan has been in a conservative position in international affairs. By the 1990s, the new generation of Japanese politicians began to appear on the stage of history and gradually gained the right to speak in political discourse. Their appearance has led to a change in Japan's long-term conservative international political tendency.
Most of these new generation of politicians were born after World War II and generally had higher education and overseas study experience. Compared with the older generation of politicians, they have a broader international perspective, more active in their thinking, and more inclined to consider problems with realistic thinking.
Whether it is the Liberal Democratic Party where Junichiro Koizumi is or the previous ruling Socialist Party, the new generation of politicians that have emerged basically show this characteristic.
Kuizumi Junichiro
According to different political propositions, the early Japanese politics were divided into the more radical "hawkish" and the more conservative "dove" . These "positive realism" new generation politicians naturally choose "hawkish" . They generally believe that Japan, as one of the developed countries in East Asia, should play a greater role in the international community.
Therefore, most of them advocate "military participation" , that is, strengthen the construction of military forces and send self-defense forces overseas to enhance international influence. In short, the new generation of Japanese politicians adopt more positive and realistic thinking and political measures to maximize national interests, and "hawkish" is its external manifestation.
Kuizumi Junichiro
In dealing with China, they also adopted this "hawkish" approach. On the one hand, they need economic interaction with China to stimulate the economic vitality of their own country; on the other hand, they also hope to occupy a leading position in the Asia-Pacific region, have more opportunities to participate in international affairs, and gain a higher international status.
Therefore, when facing China and need to carry out economic cooperation with China, they often falsely say that "apologize" and "mourning" to promote the positive development of bilateral relations. However, once they return to China, they still do their own things and continue to carry out anti-China and pro-US activities.
This can be seen from several simple cases.
Kuizumi Junichiro
On April 4, 2002,Kuizumi Junichiro met with Li Peng, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Chinese People's Congress in Tokyo. When talking about China's development issues,Kuizumi Junichiro said that China's development is not a threat. He opposed the "China threat theory" and was optimistic about the development of Japan-China economic relations.
At the "Boao Forum for Asia" on April 12 of the same year, Junichiro Koizumi reiterated this view again.
However, just shortly after he finished this, 9 days later, on April 21, Koizumi Junichiro visited the Yasukuni Shrine again. shows that the previous commitment to China was completely fooling, just for the sake of economic exchanges!
Koizumi Junichiro
On April 23, 2005, the leaders of China and Japan held a summit meeting at Indonesia Capital Jakarta . During the talks, Chairman Hu Jintao put forward the "five points of propositions" to better develop the relationship between China and Japan. The second article clearly requires Japan to face up to history and reflect seriously.
The next day, Junichiro Koizumi spoke in a speech saying that he agreed with the "five points of proposals" of proposed by Chairman Hu Jintao, and expressed his sincere words that he was willing to promote the development of Sino-Japanese friendly relations and his attitude was very sincere.If you just hear this sincere attitude, I am afraid anyone will be confused by him.
But this time, did Japan really reflect on it?
What is disappointing is that China has not seen Koizumi's reflection. and after Prime Minister Koizumi returned to China, he visited the Yasukuni Shrine again!
Kuizumi Junichiro (right)
When facing accusations from China, he still did not repent and said "Other countries should not interfere in this matter".
This not only reminds us of what Koizumi Junichiro said when he was just Prime Minister: "I want to visit the Yasukuni Shrine as the Prime Minister. Isn't this kind of mood of the Japanese a very natural and human mood?"
combined with the behavior of Koizumi Junichiro's subsequent visit to the Yasukuni Shrine for six consecutive years, we should understand that during Koizumi Junichiro's tenet of his nature, his nature has never changed, and he has never realized the mistake of visiting the Yasukuni Shrine, and there is no sign of introspection at all!
In addition, when China protested against Junichiro Koizumi's visit to the Yasukuni Shrine, Shinzo Abe, then acting secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party, also turned around and said "China's attitude is regrettable", "The Yasukuni Shrine issue is purely a domestic issue in Japan", and "I hope China will reflect on it" .
Shizo Abe
While making the relationship between China and Japan reach a freezing point, it also makes many people realize the defense ability of the new generation of Japanese politicians.
If you want to say "loyalty" and "forgiveness", you must first reflect on yourself
. These "hawkish" new generation politicians have a profound influence in the political arena. Later Prime Minister Shinzo Abe can be said to be in line with Junichiro Koizumi.
On July 8, 2022, former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot dead in public while giving a speech on the street. The next day, Junichiro Koizumi went to Shinzo Abe's house to mourn.
Abe Shinzo and Koizumi Junichiro
At this time, Koizumi Junichiro has rarely appeared in the outside world, which shows his relationship with Abe .
Kuizumi Junichiro was able to become Prime Minister at the time, thanks to Abe Shintaro's support for . Without the support of Shintaro Abe, Junichiro Koizumi could not enter the cabinet and could not become Prime Minister. And Shintaro Abe is Shinzo Abe's father. Therefore, in order to repay Shintaro Abe's kindness for his gratitude, after becoming the Prime Minister, he supported Shinzo Abe with his hand, which made Shinzo Abe successfully ascend to the position of Prime Minister. It can be said that he was "supporting" .
Under this background, the two companies are naturally in a close relationship. Therefore, a series of political measures by Junichiro Koizumi had a profound impact on Japanese politics. As a new generation of politicians, Shinzo Abe became the "replica" "replica" after he succeeded to the position of Prime Minister, so he is called "Koizumi's shadow" .
Shizo Abe
On the issue of visiting the Yasukuni Shrine, Shinzo Abe also inherited the lineage from Koizumi, and visited the Yasukuni Shrine four times until he was shot dead in the street.
So, why did Junichiro Koizumi repeatedly visit the Yasukuni Shrine? Amid China's frequent protests, why has it been so tough to visit the Yasukuni Shrine?
Yasukuni Shrine is an important event venue and important feature of Shintoism in Japan. Almost every Japanese is a believer of Shintoism. For the Japanese, Japan's history and Shintoism are inseparable, and it runs through the entire process of Japan's development. History is the source of national cohesion, so visiting the Yasukuni Shrine to enhance Japan's national cohesion is the common idea of Koizumi and other new generation of Japanese politicians.
They want to arouse China's national hatred against Japan by visiting the Yasukuni Shrine, and use historical contradictions to inspire the fear of external "threats" among the people in Japan, so that they, the "positive realists", can achieve their desired political measures faster, such as supporting constitutional amendment and expansion of the Self-Defense Force.
This actually shapes China into an external "important enemy". Under this imaginary threat, the Japanese people will naturally tend to be more active political measures and instead support these new generation of politicians. This is also why Junichiro Koizumi was able to serve as the Prime Minister of Japan for six consecutive years.
In order to consolidate his position as prime minister and win the support of voters, Junichiro Koizumi would rather break his promise to China than insist on visiting the Yasukuni Shrine.
Kuizumi Junichiro
In addition, during Koizumi Junichiro's tenure as the Prime Minister of Japan, Japan's view of history has been regressing repeatedly. After World War II, Japan has refused to recognize the history of aggression and refused to repent. Its important manifestation is the historical textbooks, which always have vague words about the facts of aggression. In the history textbooks compiled in 2002 and 2005, the Japanese-China War was used instead of the fact of aggression, without mentioning the Nanjing Massacre, in an attempt to erase the real history.
The Japanese government under Koizumi Junichiro's rule is not only indifferent to this, but instead forces schools to use the new version of textbooks. Its sinister intentions in are self-evident!
I wonder if Prime Minister Koizumi will remember the two words he wrote in the Anti-Japanese Memorial Hall at this time?
Koizumi Junichiro
China has been the principal country of the entire East Asia since ancient times. Japan is also under the influence of the Confucian cultural circle. Prime Minister Koizumi will definitely not be unclear about the meaning they represent.
For the "loyalty" words, Zengzi said: "I examine myself three times a day: Are you unfaithful when planning for others? Do you not believe in your friends? Are you not familiar with me?"
Is it true when Koizumi apologized against those who died in the Anti-Japanese War? If you have different words and deeds, isn’t it because you are unfaithful to ?
After Prime Minister Koizumi promised to face up to history and reflect seriously, he turned to visit the Yasukuni Shrine and accused of tampering with history textbooks. Isn’t it just that has no faith?
Kuizumi Junichiro
For the "forgive" words, "Analects of Confucius" says: " Zigong asked: 'Is there a word that can be done for life?' The Master said: 'Is it forgive! Do not do to others what you do not want others to do to others!'" If you want to be tolerant and understand, you must understand the principle of "Do not do to others what you do not want others to do to others". Since Prime Minister Koizumi can write the words "loyalty" and "forgive" , he will not not understand this.
However, Prime Minister Koizumi should also see that before talking about the words "loyalty" and "forgiveness" of , "three reflections" of is needed. If you want to develop peaceful and friendly Sino-Japanese relations, the first thing Japan needs to do is to reflect on itself, face up to history, not avoid or escape, and seriously repent . Otherwise, this history will become an inevitable obstacle between the two countries when developing China-Japan relations.
Koizumi Junichiro
China has been a country that loves peace since ancient times, and we are always willing to unite the people of the world with a peaceful development attitude. China and Japan are separated by water and are indispensable trading partners. Building good relations between China and Japan is the common aspiration of the people of the two countries and the general trend of history. hopes that the Japanese government will return to the road as soon as possible, face up to history, and jointly build peaceful and friendly Sino-Japanese relations!
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