8 August 15 is Japan's defeated surrender (Japan calls it "the anniversary of the end of the war"). At such a moment when it should have completely reflected on the history of colonial aggression, some Japanese politicians were still thinking about how to follow the United States and play the "Taiwan card" against China: before the Speaker of the US Congress, Pelosi , before the former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba , and Yasuichi Hamada , the visiting delegation of the "Consideration on Japan's Security Council" began to use the topic of "evacuation of overseas Chinese" to exaggerate "Taiwan is something happening, Japan has something happening"; Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida 10 Japan reorganized its cabinet and appointed Yasuichi Hamada, who returned from Taiwan, as the Minister of Defense; Keiji Koya, the president of the "Japanese and Chinese Parliamentary Council" who planned to enter Taiwan, also held talks with the "legislators" of the Democratic Progressive Party during his "visiting Japan" on the 8th, talking about the important "parliamentarian diplomacy" between Japan and Taiwan... After an interview and investigation, a reporter from "Global Times Global Times " found that Japan's power in Taiwan has been long and complicated. Former Prime Minister 1, Shinzo Abe, who has a close relationship with Taiwan, will not essentially affect the so-called "Japan-Taiwan relations". For a long time in the future, these forces will continue to undermine the great cause of peaceful reunification between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, which is worth our high vigilance.
This is not the first time Japan has hyped up the evacuation of overseas Chinese from Taiwan ""
At the end of July, Shiro Ishiba and others went to Taiwan to exaggerate the "tension of the situation in the Taiwan Strait", and once again advocated the so-called "evacuation of overseas Chinese", claiming that "the formulation of a evacuation plan is the responsibility of the state to protect the people, and the government has no choice but to do so." "There are many overseas Chinese in Taiwan and must assume the main responsibility for evacuation, and at the same time, we must negotiate with other countries." It also said that "the evacuation of overseas Chinese must undergo simulation drills and cooperate with Taiwan." Taiwan's China Times News Network quoted Shiro Ishiba as saying that the formulation of a plan to evacuate overseas Chinese is Japan's responsibility for national protection, and hopes that relevant discussions will be held within Liberal Democratic Party .
Former Japanese Liberal Democratic Party Secretary Shigeru Ishiba. Data picture
Yasuichi Hamada, who once again served as the Minister of Defense, came from a political family and was a Japanese politician whose father and son were very "friendly" and had certain connections in Japan. According to media reports on the island of Taiwan, in 1973, the second year after the normalization of diplomatic relations between China and Japan, Yasuichi Hamada, the father of Yasuichi Hamada, who was elected as a Japanese congressman, formed a so-called "one-year visiting delegation to the breakdown of diplomatic relations between Japan and the "Republic of China"" with Japanese right-wing politicians.
Japanese Kyodo News Guest commentator and well-known Taiwan expert Yukio Okada told the Global Times reporter that Shigeru Ishiba and others' remarks on evacuation of overseas Chinese were "very cunning". Under the packaging of "humanitarianism", the "political color" has been diluted to a certain extent. However, when talking about "evacuation of overseas Chinese", Shigeru Ishiba also admitted that there are many difficult problems. Okada Jung believes that this shows that if there is something wrong with Taiwan, the Japanese stranded in Taiwan may have to "find their own solutions."
This is not the first time Japan has hyped up the "evacuation of overseas Chinese" in recent years. Japanese Foreign Minister Lin Fangzheng claimed on November 25, 2021 that if any "emergency" occurs in Taiwan, Japan will take complete measures, including evacuating Japanese citizens in Taiwan. He also said evasively: "In view of the nature of this matter, the specific content will not be explained." Kyodo News also reported on December 29 last year that Japanese overseas Chinese in Taiwan began to prepare for "emergency" in the Taiwan Strait. Japanese-funded enterprises and private overseas Chinese groups practiced how to contact and take countermeasures on their own based on the premise of "self-bearing their responsibilities". Relevant reports say that although the Japanese government claims that the protection of expatriates will strive to be foolproof, because Japan has no "official contact" with Taiwan, the evacuation of overseas Chinese will also be restricted. The report cited an example from a Japanese bank, saying, "All employees built an emergency contact network and carried out a shelter drill in accordance with the crisis response manual." Relevant people from the Japanese overseas Chinese group also said that evacuation of overseas Chinese using ships from the eastern coast of Taiwan on the Pacific side after the "emergency" occurred is a more "realistic option." At the beginning of this year, Japanese media once again used the excuse of "there is something to do in Taiwan" to hype the issue of "evacuation of overseas Chinese".
According to statistics from the "Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association" (hereinafter referred to as the "Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association"), the number of overseas Chinese in Taiwan, including short-term stays is about 20,000, and business people and their families account for most of them.Kyodo News said that the "Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association" called on Japanese people who stayed in Taiwan for more than three months to register to establish a network of contacts, and their attitude towards evacuating overseas Chinese is "basically relying on their own efforts." In order to deal with "emergency", Japanese and overseas Chinese in Tainan City established a civil group "Tainan Japanese Association", saying that they would deepen cooperation with the DPP authorities and the "Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association" to collect and share information.
During the Japanese occupation, a large number of Japanese immigrated to Taiwan. In addition to bureaucrats, soldiers, and merchants, there were also people from all walks of life. On the streets of Taipei in 1920, there were even Japanese rickshaw drivers. Public information shows that after Japan was defeated and surrendered in 1945, the National Government implemented a strict repatriation policy for all Japanese residents in Taiwan. According to statistics from Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, starting from March 1946, a total of six large-scale repatriation work have been carried out, and about 480,000 people have been repatriated from Taiwan, including about 160,000 soldiers and military families, and about 320,000 ordinary citizens. Almost all the Japanese living in Taiwan were deported.
Shi Jiayin, editor-in-chief of Taiwan's "Full-looking" magazine in China, said in an interview with a Global Times reporter that at most more than a thousand Japanese people "naturalized" to Taiwanese people after the war, most of them were Japanese women who married Taiwanese people. By analyzing the archival data, it was found that in the environment of that year, it was difficult for Japanese and their descendants to live, and there were probably very few people who stayed in Taiwan and could continue to live.
In the following years, some Japanese businessmen stayed in Taiwan because of "some profit". According to friends living in Taipei, the places where Japanese expatriates and Japanese enterprises are concentrated in Taiwan are Linsen North Road and Zhongshan North Road. In particular, there are several "wireways" (alleys) on Linsen North Road. They were very lively in the past and attracted many tourists and diners. Because they are all East Asians, they can only tell whether they are Japanese when they hear or not. The title of "Lin Sen North Road" is "Lin Sen North Road! The izakaya opened by the Japanese is even more Japanese than Japan! 》. Zhongshan North Road once built a dormitory for Japanese civil servants during the Japanese occupation period. In the 1960s and 1970s, Japan recovered from its defeat and trade with Taiwan increased. With the increase of Japanese people staying on the island, some Japanese-style houses in Tiaotongli gradually became Japanese-style bars for them to discuss business and entertainment.
According to Shi Jiayin, there was a period of time that the news of "the number of Japanese people in Taiwan increased sharply", which was mainly related to the Japanese dedication and contempt of the Taiwanese authorities and some people, and even the awakening of "royalization of Taiwan independence". These "royal Taiwanese independence activists" advocate and claim that "Taiwan's sovereignty is undecided", "Taiwan is not China's territory", "Taiwanese are not Chinese", "Taiwanese are not Chinese", etc., believe that China does not allow "Taiwan independence", so Taiwan must rely on foreign countries and must be pro-US and pro-Japanese.
For the Japanese, Taiwan is "like home"?
In Shi Jiayin's view, Japanese living in Taiwan is roughly divided into political purposes and business and life purposes. The former includes Japanese expatriates and those who openly and secretly support "Taiwan independence". Regarding the latter, the Japan Times once said that Taiwan is "like home" to the Japanese. Tada Tada, who served as general manager of Japan Airlines Taiwan branch, once said that he was as comfortable and pleasant as immersed in warm water, "so he decided to quit his job and retire early and stay in Taiwan to live." Before the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the number of Japanese tourists traveling to Taiwan increased year by year, exceeding 2 million in 2019.
Japanese people love Taiwan, perhaps because they are willing to immerse themselves in the "beautiful dream" of "Greater Japanese imperialism". The Japan Times once published an article to express shamelessly that Taiwan was "Japan's territory" for 50 years. Surprisingly, Taiwan "becomes better than worse" under the colonization of Japanese imperialism in 1895... "The Japanese look down on the Taiwanese people in their bones." Shi Jiayin said that in terms of "jointly against mainland China", Japan's connection with the Taiwan authorities was mainly due to intelligence ties, but she dared not formally include Taiwan in the so-called "security system" to avoid being involved in the war against mainland China by the "Taiwan independence" forces.
Use "Taiwan independence" elements as Japanese "agents"
The Qinghe Policy Research Association (that is, the current "Abe faction") within the Liberal Democratic Party has a deep relationship with Taiwan. Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated, had a good "personal relationship" with the Tsai Ing-wen authorities. Abe After resigning, he served as an advisor to the "Japan-China Parliamentary Members' Meeting" and attended the first "Japan-US-Taiwan Parliamentary Members' Strategic Dialogue" hosted by the "Pro-Taiwan" organization by video in July last year. Abe directed the farce with former US ambassador to Japan, Senator Hagerty, and Taiwan's "Legislative Yuan" President You Xikun, more than 30 members from Japan, the United States and Taiwan, directed the farce. Shinzo Abe frequently carried out activities under the name of the "Japanese and Chinese Parliamentary Committee Meeting". During his lifetime, he also expressed his intention to "visit Taiwan" after the dust of the Senate election was settled.
Shizo Abe has also made moves on the Taiwan issue during his term of office, and the "Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association" headquartered in Taipei is one of its major tricks. During his two years as prime minister, Shinzo Abe sent officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from the "Chinese School" to Taiwan to hold important positions in the "Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association". The influence of officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the "Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association" in Taiwan cannot be ignored. They have developed and maintained connections in all walks of life in Taiwan, have close ties with the DPP authorities, and have colluded with "Taiwan independence" elements. For example, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs once arranged for Chiu Yiren, a "Taiwan independence" element who was regarded as the "number one" by the DPP, to go to Hokkaido University in Japan for exchanges as a "visiting scholar".
In 2017, Japan renamed the "Exchange Association" to "State of Consortium Japan Taiwan Exchange Association" on the grounds of "low recognition", adding "Japan" and "Taiwan" to the organization name, and also designed the Japanese national flower cherry blossoms and plum blossoms representing Taiwan into the association logo. This name change is considered by the outside world to be the biggest breakthrough in bilateral relations since Japan and Taiwan's "severe diplomatic relations". In March of the same year, Jiro Akama, then Vice Minister of General Affairs, visited Taiwan to participate in an event organized by the "Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association". Japanese media said that this is the first time that senior Japanese government officials have "stopped Taiwan on business" since the "break of diplomatic relations" in 1972, attempting to raise the level of exchanges between Japan and Taiwan. China expressed strong dissatisfaction with Japan's series of wrong actions and urged Japan not to send misinformation to the Taiwan authorities and the international community.
In June this year, a reporter from Japan's Sankei Shimbun in Taiwan said on social media that an organization called "Shisan Abe's Friends Association" was established on the island of Taiwan. The organization is chaired by Chen Tangshan, who served as the "Minister of Foreign Affairs" and Secretary-General of the "National Security Conference" during the Chen Shui-bian period. It is mainly composed of "pro-Japanese" politicians, operators and scholars, including former president of " China Research Institute ", former vice president of the "Judicial Court" Cheng Zhongmo , Taipei 101 Chairman Zhang Xueshun, chairman of Taiwan Japan Research Institute Li Shihui, former "representative to Japan" Luo Fuquan and others. After Abe's death, more than 10 civil groups and enterprises including the "Hada and I Cultural and Art Foundation" and the "Taiwan Heritage Foundation" were "memorialized" in Taiwan. According to Japanese media reports, the "Friends of Shinzo Abe" will imitate the "Friends of Lee Teng-hui" model, and its main activities include holding regular speeches on Japan-Taiwan relations and holding study meetings on the "Indo-Pacific Strategic Concept" proposed by Abe. Members of the "Shizo Abe Friends Association" and "Taiwan independence" elements on the island will undoubtedly serve as "agents" of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and undermine the great cause of cross-strait reunification.
"Abe died, this force will not be affected."
In Kishida's cabinet, the minister of economic security, Takashi Saemi is a Japanese far-right politician, known as the "Abe's soldiers" and once held a "video conference" with Tsai Ing-wen. Takashi Saeno said last month when talking about Japan-Taiwan relations, "We must inherit Abe's will and further strengthen relations with Taiwan."
Speaking of the arrangements of cabinet members such as Yasuichi Hamada and Saena Takashi, Makoto Okada analyzed to the Global Times reporter that Abe's sudden death and Japan-Taiwan relations temporarily lost strong driving force, but as the United States' minion on the Taiwan issue, Japan's policies and policies to "increase military spending" and "curb China" formulated by the "Japanese-US strategic cooperation " have not changed.He said that the Tsai Ing-wen administration, who had lost Shinzo Abe, will pay more attention to Fumio Kishida's policies towards China and to Taiwan. At the same time, in order to fill the gap left by Abe, it can be imagined that the Tsai Ing-wen administration will vigorously strive for Japan's "pro-Taiwanese" parliamentarians, which is also to show that Taiwan, Japan and the United States are in a "consistent step".
Japan Super Party Member Alliance "Japan-Chinese Members' Meeting" Chairman Keiji Konoya recently announced that he would visit Taiwan with House Members of the House of Representatives and Director of the Council's Affairs Bureau Minor Kihara in August. On August 8, he also held talks with the DPP’s “legislator”. Analysts believe that after Shinzo Abe, who has close ties to Taiwan, was shot and died, some Japanese politicians believe that "it is necessary to open up new channels of contact."
Shi Jiayin told the Global Times reporter that the "diplomatic personnel in Taiwan" representing the Japanese government have a great influence on the Taiwan authorities. Another Japanese who support "Taiwan independence" publicizes "How beautiful Japan-Taiwan relations are" on the island. Even after Abe is attacked and died, this force will not be affected. In his opinion, there are many Japanese in Taiwan who support "Taiwan independence", but they may not be fully committed, and they are unwilling to offend mainland China to support "Taiwan independence" without clearly indicating that the United States should support it, which is not conducive to itself. Therefore, the attitude towards "Taiwan independence" shown by the Japanese in Taiwan is consistent with that of the Japanese authorities. Shi Jiayin said, "In the future, Japan and the United States will continue to regard Taiwan as an important tool to contain mainland China, which is worth our high vigilance."
Source: Global Network
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