( Observer Network News) According to the Japanese media Jiji News Agency on the 11th, Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party Vice President Taro Aso outputted a “violent theory” at the party’s senators’ rally that night, claiming that “Russia (the Soviet Union) ) had invaded Japan in the past" and unilaterally tore up the "Japan-Soviet Neutrality Treaty" signed by the two countries during World War II.
’s extreme remarks attracted many echoes among Japanese netizens. Only a few people reminded Taro Aso that he was digging his own grave when he emphasized “invasion” when talking about World War II. “Don’t forget, the Japanese Empire’s aggression in Asia was even greater at that time. "It's barbaric and tyrannical."
Japanese media reported that on the evening of the 11th, Taro Aso gave a speech at a gathering of Liberal Democratic Party senators in Chiba City. When talking about the situation in Russia and Ukraine, he said, "Russia (the Soviet Union) invaded Japan in the past. ". It claimed that during World War II Japan was at war with Russia (the Soviet Union), and the latter unilaterally tore it up after the two sides signed the "Japan-Soviet Non-Aggression Treaty" ("Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Treaty") treaty and launched an invasion of Japan.
Aso also warned that there is no peace treaty signed between Japan and Russia, so the current situation is "far more severe than during World War II." This can be seen from what Russia is currently doing to Ukraine , "That country Now we are doing the same thing to the west (Ukraine), we must keep this fact in mind."
The "Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact" was a treaty signed by the Soviet Union and Japan on April 13, 1941, to guarantee mutual neutrality in the war. It guarantees respect for the territorial integrity and inviolability of "Manchukuo", and Japan respects the territorial integrity and inviolability of the Mongolian People's Republic . This treaty seriously violates China's sovereignty. It was not until April 5, 1945, that the Soviet Union, at the request of the Allies, declared that Japan had violated the treaty by helping Germany in the anti-Soviet war and announced the abolition of the treaty one year in advance. Soon after, the Soviet Union officially declared war on Japan.
Taro Aso
Taro Aso's remarks caused controversy on the Japanese Internet after they were exposed. His extreme remarks were echoed by some Japanese radical netizens. Many of them expressed the hope that Russia would lose the conflict with Ukraine and Japan could take the opportunity to take back the disputed territory between Japan and Russia, the "Southern Kuril Islands" (called "Northern Territory" in Japan).
Only a few people reminded Taro Aso that he was digging his own grave by emphasizing "invasion" when talking about World War II. "Don't forget, the Japanese Empire's aggression in Asia was even more barbaric and tyrannical at that time."
"There is no need to mention the past again. , it is not that Japan and Russia were at war, Ukraine was also part of the Soviet Union at that time, and during the war, Japan also did barbaric things in other Asian countries.
In fact, Taro Aso’s remarks are not unique in Japan. The two sides have also been arguing about this matter.
According to the Russian media "Russia Today" (RT) last year, Russian military history expert Vladimir Medinsky said at the round table meeting on the 80th anniversary of the signing of the "Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact". Criticized Japanese primary and secondary school history textbooks for distorting the role of the Soviet Union in World War II, saying that " Roosevelt gave Japanese territory to Stalin as a reward for the Soviet Union's participation in the war against Japan, so the Soviet Union tore up the neutrality treaty and attacked the Japanese army." ".
Medinsky pointed out at that time that the Japanese side claimed that the Soviet Union's participation in the war against Japan in August 1945 was unexpected, but this was not the case. He explained that the Japanese government knew about the agreement reached at the Yalta Conference in 1945, and also Knowing that if Japan did not cease the war at that time, the Soviet Union would provide military support to its allies.
Medinsky emphasized that before announcing the abolition of the "Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact", the Soviet Union had warned Japan in advance that it would join its allies in the Far East . The fighting gave the Japanese ruling group another opportunity to realize that continued resistance was meaningless and that the war should be stopped. This was not at all insidious and cunning as Japan said.
The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs also condemned Japan in 2020 for baselessly accusing the Soviet Union of betraying the "Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact", and scolded some people in Japan for still living in an imaginary parallel history that is far from historical facts, "desperately trying to convert those The attempt to disguise those who were convicted of war crimes by the Tokyo Tribunal as 'victims of aggression' is the same as an attempt to defend them."
The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs emphasized that the Soviet Union's abolition of the treaty in 1945 was due to fundamental changes in circumstances. , that is, the Japanese militarism's act of providing assistance to Nazi Germany violated the above-mentioned treaty. From November 4 to 12, 1948, the materials of the Tokyo Military Tribunal and the relevant provisions of the Charter of the United Nations fully confirmed that this statement was well-founded.
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