On July 8, former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was accidentally shot twice while delivering a speech on the streets of Nara in China. He died while being sent to the hospital due to his serious injuries.
Today, a former priest of a country was killed in the street, and it was also a model for Japan in democratic countries, which is obviously very terrifying. For a moment, the world's public opinion was in an uproar, some were inexplicably shocked, such as Western colleagues; some announced the mourning for them, such as the United States and India, which had a diplomatic relationship with Japan; some were applauding, such as most of the melon-eating people who were like me.
even makes people unable to help but look back on history and find that 8 Japanese Prime Ministers have been assassinated to Abe . If you count it in detail, compared with the president of neighboring South Korea, the position of the Japanese Prime Minister is relatively safe. From the first-generation prime minister Ito Hirobumi to the 101st generation Kishida Fumio , a total of 8 prime ministers were assassinated, 7 of whom died, only Kishi Nobusuke escaped. Among the 07 people in
html, Hara Kei and Inukashi Hiroshi were assassinated while in office, and 4 people Ito Hirobuki, Asaito Mi, Takahashi Shiki and Abe were all assassinated after leaving office. Yuyuki Hamaguchi is the most special. Although he was assassinated during his tenure as prime minister, he resigned for medical reasons after being hospitalized for several months and died shortly after resigning.
Harbin Station 1 platform, "An Zhonggen shot Hiroshi Ito incident originated." Source: Pengpai
The author believes that it is completely understandable to express the patriotic sentiment of hatred against Japan, after all, the Japanese owed us a lot of blood and endless debts, but there is no need to gloat. There are four reasons:
Reason 1: As a former prime minister, Abe's influence on the current Japanese politics has been deliberately exaggerated. After all, yesterday's wind will not blow today's hair.
Lu Hao, deputy director of the Comprehensive Strategy Office of the Institute of Japan, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said in an interview with a reporter from " Global Times " that Shinzo Abe is a figure who has left an important influence in Japanese history. It is still the prime minister who has been in power for the longest time and has been in power for Japan's constitutional history. Especially from the end of 2012 to August 2020, the "Abe Era" for seven years and eight months has had a profound impact on the development history of Japan's country after the Cold War.
During this period, the Japanese economy maintained growth for 71 consecutive months, which was the second longest "economic prosperity period" after the war. However, it should also be noted that during this period, Japan's annual average economic growth rate was only 1.2%. Although " Abenomics " maintained a certain prosperity, it also overdrawed the space for Japan's fiscal and financial policies to implement.
Abe's death, although it will cause a series of chain impacts in the domestic politics of Japan, at present, there is no possibility of directly changing the national track and even the regional situation in Japan.
researcher Wang Jian also expressed a similar view: Japan's political situation has been turbulent for many years and the frequent changes of prime ministers has also caused a lack of consistent continuity in policy guidelines.
According to the current Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, the cabinet team led by him already has a relatively mature foreign policy and plan to China. China-Japan relations and US-Japan relations will not be reversed due to Abe's death.
Even though the "Abe faction" has deep roots in Japanese politics, it may lead to the reshuffle and reorganization of the Liberal Democratic Party within , but it is not enough to threaten the stability of the Japanese government's governance.
Reason 2: The Japanese who assassinated Abe, the deep motivation behind it is still under investigation, and there is no need to establish him as an anti-Japanese hero.
I don’t know how bloody he was behind the murder, and I don’t know which faction did it. Anyway, I don’t believe that an ordinary Japanese commoner easily killed the influential former prime minister based on his personal likes and dislikes.
It is estimated that this person's shooting behavior was disturbed by political factors. There is no problem with being relieved after the incident, but he cannot speak out about national heroes. You should know that most of the people in Japan are from China. If you don't use the chess pieces in political games like this, don't use them to insult national heroes.
Reason 3: During Abe's administration, he played a positive role in the development of Sino-Japanese relations, but after his retirement, he was disrespectful to China. It was a typical politician attribute. However, it was indeed a tragedy that he died unexpectedly at the age of 67.
As the longest-serving prime minister since the formation of Japan's modern cabinet system, Shinzo Abe undoubtedly left a strong mark in the Japanese political arena, and he also made efforts to improve relations with China in his political career.
It is strange that there are rumors that Abe is called the Oriental barrier of checks and balances within the Liberal Democratic Party. In the early stage of the trade war, he was sanctioned against the United States and was so angry that he wanted to ask Japan to collect protection fees for garrisons. If the rumors are true and he passed away in this way, who will dare to balance China and the United States in the future? It can be foreseeable that the Liberal Democratic Party will be more comprehensively pro-US, which is not a good thing for China!
At the end of last year, Shinzo Abe, who had stepped down, gave an online speech at the forum related to Taiwan's so-called "National Policy Research Institute" that if there is something to do in Taiwan, it means that if there is something to do in Japan, it means that if there is something to do in Japan, the Japan-US alliance will be something to do. It can be seen that the so-called remarks of China-Japan protection of good neighborly and friendly relations during his rule were just needed to listen to them, and there was no need to take them seriously.
Reason 4: The Abe era has completely ended, and what is left to Japan will be a reshuffle of political forces. The final conclusion on Abe's confinement will also be combined with the current situation and personality, and the time will finally answer it.
Kaoei Tanaka , Masayoshi Ohira , Yamatsuhiro Nakasone and other former Japanese prime ministers, the words and deeds on and off the stage have basically not changed significantly, but Abe's attitude towards China after he stepped down is very different. After all, it is a political nature that lacks integrity.
, especially the series of wrong remarks about Taiwan made by Shinzo Abe after his resignation, overturning almost all of his political remarks on China during the period of Sino-Japanese relations. For example, Shinzo Abe has visited the Yasukuni Shrine and offered sacrifices on the anniversary of Japan's defeat many times. In the first half of this year, when Abe was having a video call with Tsai Ing-wen, he also lied to say that "there is something in the Taiwan Strait" is that "there is something in Japan."
In fact, the entire Japanese ruling group, including Abe family , has always lacked deep reflection and understanding of the country's war crimes, which also led to Abe's step down and breaking away from his position, he finally expressed his "heart" and even made unscrupulous remarks on the issue of the Taiwan Strait.
Therefore, regarding Abe, he should be a two-faced person; his affairs should be a matter of fact. "Politicians are the best actors" is indeed a famous saying endorsed by Dayou Market. Only by being versatile and having the best of both worlds can you get the essence of Japanese politicians' rule.
Our correct attitude towards this matter should be unified with the statement of Zhao Lijian, spokesperson of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
He said that China is shocked by this emergency. Former Prime Minister Abe has contributed to the improvement and development of China-Japan relations. We express our condolences and condolences to the family of former Prime Minister Abe.
