G7 Leaders Excluding Japan Visit Ukraine
Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Absent India’s G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
In accordance with the customary practice of attending budget deliberation… “Damaged Japanese Diplomacy”
Issues related to ‘same-sex marriage’ are also a burden on G7 chair country Japan
[앵커]
Japan is trying to expand its diplomatic position on the occasion of the G7 summit of seven major countries to be held in Hiroshima in May.
However, by international standards, it looks like it has lost its face as the G7 chair country with outdated practices and perceptions.
Correspondent Kim Se-ho reports from Tokyo.
[기자]
One of the main agendas of the G7 summit of the seven major countries to be held in Hiroshima in May is the situation in Ukraine.
In the meantime, the leaders of the G7 countries have personally visited Ukraine to confirm their support for Ukraine.
But Japan’s prime minister, the only one of the G7 countries, has yet to visit Ukraine.
Japan, the host country of this year’s G7 summit, is in trouble.
[마루카와 타마요 / 자민당 참의원 : 어려움을 극복해 총리로서 조속히 우크라이나 키이우를 방문해 주셨으면 합니다.]
[기시다 후미오 / 일본 총리 : 현지의 제반 상황을 바탕으로 계속 검토해 나가겠습니다.]
In addition, the G20 foreign ministers meeting was held in India on the 1st, but Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa was absent.
Criticism was poured out that it had damaged Japan’s diplomacy, citing the customary reason that all cabinet members must attend the National Assembly’s budget review.
[오토키타 슌 / 일본 유신회 : (하야시 외무상이) G20에 출석하는 방향으로 국회에서 협의했어야 하는 거 아닙니까? 총리는 왜 왜 이런 국익을 훼손하는 판단을 정부·여당 내에서 한 것입니까?]
Social issues in Japan are also embarrassing for Japan, the G7 chair country.
One of the issues in Japanese society is same-sex marriage, and Japan is the only G7 country that does not recognize same-sex marriage.
[기시다 후미오 / 일본 총리 : 동성 커플에게 공식적인 결혼을 인정하지 않는 것이 국가에 의한 부당한 차별이라고는 생각하지 않습니다.]
Japan seeks to expand its diplomatic presence on the war in Ukraine and the Indo-Pacific agenda through the G7 summit in Hiroshima.
It seems difficult to avoid criticism that Japan has lost face as the G7 chair country with a series of appearances that Japan has shown in foreign affairs and domestic issues.
This is YTN Seho Kim from Tokyo.
YTN Seho Kim ([email protected])
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