More than two months ago, former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated and died, attracting global attention. Although Japan has a "tradition" of assassinating the prime minister, it can indeed be said to have created "history" since the end of Cold War in such a fierce way to target former leaders of a major global economy.
But for the Kishida government in power, this is also an "opportunity". In recent years, the downward pressure on Japan's economy has increased. The Abe economics , which blindly relies on stimulation, has gradually become invalid. The Kishida cabinet , which took over, wants to achieve results in internal affairs and be recognized by the people, can be said to be extremely difficult.
At this time, taking advantage of the opportunity to hold a "state funeral" for Shinzo Abe to hold a "modding diplomacy", it can fully demonstrate Japan's position as a major economy in the global political landscape, which is conducive to inspiring the national pride of the people, and of course it can also open up the situation for the Japanese government in diplomacy, achieve some "political achievements" and get the support of the people.
imagined it was quite beautiful, but no one expected that this carefully designed state funeral was like being "cursed" from the beginning, with constant problems. Until now, although the Kishida government has gritted its teeth and still handled the state funeral, almost all the goals they wanted to achieve were not achieved. Instead, it has completely exposed the three major hidden dangers of Japanese society and placed the government on a crater of public opinion.
First of all, it is Japan's dissatisfaction with Abe's economics, or to be more precise, it is the Japanese people's disapproval of the "political achievements" of Abe in the past 10 years.
As the core politician of Japanese politics, whether it is the current Kishida Cabinet or other politicians of Liberal Democratic Party , they are all Abe's "school". In their eyes, Abe is the prime minister who has been in power for the longest time in Japan's political arena after World War II , and he has also formed a "giant" with his own unique governance philosophy.
From a politician's perspective, Abe is undoubtedly very successful. Other right-wing politicians, including the current Prime Minister Kishida, regard Abe as his idol and role model to learn from, think he is very amazing and understandable.
But they were wrong, that is, although Abe is very political and is definitely a mature politician, this does not mean that he is a national leader who can be recognized by the people. During his nearly 10 years in power, Japan's economy maintained superficial prosperity, but the division within society and the polarization of the gap between the rich and the poor have become even more serious.
For ordinary people who make up the vast majority of the population, although Abe has been in power for a long time, it has not brought changes to their lives, but has made it harder for the lower class to live. In the context of
, Japanese senior officials insisted on holding a state funeral for Abe, which eventually led to a large number of people in China standing up for public opposition, accusing Abe of not being given such a solemn state funeral.
Kisha government's original intention was to use this state funeral to unite the hearts of the people, but in turn it exposes the fact that Japanese politicians and the lower-level people are disconnected and completely presents the domestic political drawbacks in front of the world.
Secondly, from an international perspective, the assassination of Shinzo Abe is indeed a major event this year. But by chance, Queen of England also passed away during this period. In terms of actual influence in international politics, although the Queen of England has a high status, she is actually not as powerful as Abe.
From the perspective of public opinion influence, Abe's assassination is far less than the deeper influence the Queen of England has brought to the world. Coupled with the relationship between Britain and the United States, the "condolence diplomacy" carefully planned by the Japanese government has almost become a joke.
, who originally seemed a little influential, attended the Japanese state funeral. In contrast to Biden and , he also became a matter of waiting.
The so-called "no comparison" will not hurt. With the funeral of the Queen of England, Japan's "state funeral" not only failed to achieve the purpose of the Japanese government's "mourning diplomacy", but instead allowed countries around the world to see clearly Japan's embarrassing position in the global political landscape.
On the surface, Japan is the world's third largest economy and the most important ally of the United States in Asia. But in fact, it is clear who is the "our own person" and who is the "outsider" in the United States.
Most of Japan's so-called international status is obtained by currying favor with the United States. If the United States acts so perfunctorily, then Japan's so-called international status will naturally become a castle in the air.
The world is now in turmoil, and the whole world has seen the truth about Japan's fake power internationally, which is obviously unfavorable for the Japanese government to carry out diplomatic activities next.
Finally, from the perspective of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party itself, the assassination of Shinzo Abe and the various problems they brought about by holding state funerals for Abe, such as the relationship between the Liberal Democratic Party and the cult, the senior leaders of the ruling party still spent huge sums of money to hold state funerals for a controversial former leader in the context of such a bad national economy.
All of these things directly test the legitimacy of Kishida Cabinet's rule in Japan. The reason is simple. What qualifications are there to rule a ruling party that cannot represent public opinion and cannot bring benefits to Japan?
To sum up, this time the Kishida government held a state funeral for Abe, which is a thankless example.
