(Observer.com ) Japan TBS TV station reported on June 30 that in response to the recent announcement by Japanese Deputy Defense Minister Taishui Nakayama, a "democratic country", Japanese Defense Minister Kanoo Kishi said on the same day that Zhongshan Taishui's views only represent him personally and do not represent the position of the Japanese government. He said, "The Japanese government does not regard Taiwan as a 'country', and the position of 'one China' has not changed."
Nobuo Kishi said, "Nakayama Taishui's views only represent him personally." Photo from TBS TV station
According to Japan's Sankei Shimbun on the 30th, Japanese cabinet chief Kato Katsushika also said at a press conference on the 30th, "I understand that it is Nakayama Taishui's personal thought."
Previously, when Japanese Deputy Defense Minister Taixiu Nakayama delivered a speech at a video seminar on the 28th at the Hudson Institute in the United States, he claimed on Japan's relations with Taiwan, "Taiwan is not a friend in the ordinary sense, but a brother and family of Japan."
He also exaggerated the "China threat theory" that in terms of space, missile , cyberspace and nuclear power, China's "threat" is on the rise, emphasizing that "(Japan's response consciousness) must be awakened."
Zhongshan Taixiu in speech Photo from Hudson Institute media account
Regarding Zhongshan Taixiu's remarks, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said on the 29th that China expressed strong dissatisfaction with the wrong remarks made by senior Japanese government officials and had made solemn representations to the Japanese side. This politician openly called Taiwan the so-called "state", seriously violated the principles of four political documents such as the Sino-Japanese Joint Statement , and seriously violated the solemn promise made by Japan so far to "not regard Taiwan as a country". China asked the Japanese government to make clear clarification on this to ensure that such situations will not happen again.
Wang Wenbin stressed that China's will and determination to safeguard national sovereignty, security and unity are unswerving. China must be unified and will inevitably be unified. This is an unstoppable historical process and general trend.
Wang Wenbin also mentioned that some Japanese politicians ignored the facts of China's peaceful development and unreasonably accused China of economic and social development including normal national defense construction, exaggerated the so-called "China threat", openly provoked confrontation between major powers, and made excuses for Japan, which had committed militarist crimes of aggression. They were sinister, extremely irresponsible, and very dangerous.
According to the website of the Chinese Embassy in Japan on the 30th, Ambassador to Japan Kong Xuanyou published a signed article titled "Review the Centennial Journey of the Communist Party of China and Promote Sino-Japanese Friendly Exchange" in a July issue issued by the Japan-China Cultural Exchange Association.
Kong Xuanyou published a signed article from the website of the Chinese Embassy in Japan
Ambassador Kong said that the current complex factors of Sino-Japanese relations have increased, but the mainstream and mutually beneficial nature of China-Japan friendly cooperation has not changed. Both sides should take the opportunity to welcome the 50th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations next year, review their original intentions, consolidate the foundation, eliminate interference, and jointly open up a bright future for bilateral relations. We must make the people of the two countries, especially the younger generation, look at each other more rationally and objectively, and create a good social public opinion environment for the improvement and development of bilateral relations.
