East Asia “Deep Coverage Note” (121st)
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“We had a Japan-US summit television talk with US President Joe Biden for about 80 minutes.
At the meeting, Japan and the United States agreed to cooperate and deepen cooperation with fellow countries toward the realization of “Free and Open Indo-Pacific”, and with President Biden’s visit to Japan, the next Japan-US-Australia He expressed his intention to hold the India Summit in Japan in the first half of this year and received his support.
In the discussion on regional affairs, the issues surrounding China, including the East China Sea, South China Sea, Hong Kong, and Xinjiang Uygur, and North Korea’s nuclear and missile issues were agreed upon in close cooperation between Japan and the United States, and the abduction issue was immediately resolved by President Biden. We got strong support for.
Regarding security, I expressed my determination to formulate a new national security strategy and drastically strengthen Japan’s defense capabilities, and President Biden moved to the Senkaku Islands under Article 5 of the Japan-US Security Treaty. There was a statement about the unwavering defense commitment to Japan, including the application of.
As for China, we spent a considerable amount of time interacting with each other. We exchanged views on issues surrounding China, opposed unilateral attempts to change the status quo in the East China Sea and South China Sea, opposed economic intimidation, and worked closely on issues.
Regarding Taiwan, there was such an exchange that emphasized the importance of peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait and promoted a peaceful solution to the cross-strait issue. “
On the night of January 21, Japan time, a videophone-style Japan-US summit meeting was held between Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and President Joe Biden. After the end, Prime Minister Kishida, who appeared in front of the reporters, explained the contents of the meeting for about 15 minutes like this, but when I saw the pattern on NHK’s extraordinary news, it seems that only the Chinese problem came out. .. “How to deal with China” is already in Japan’s national interest.
“Japan is clinging to the old United States”
This time, Japan and the United States have agreed to “strengthen the siege network of China” again, and it is expected that the Chinese government will oppose it in the future. Prior to that, when I asked Chinese diplomatic officials, as expected (?), A fierce criticism of Japan popped out.
“Isn’t this year a memorable year for Japan to commemorate the 50th anniversary of normalizing diplomatic relations with China? Ten years ago, at the time of the 40th anniversary, Japan arbitrarily” nationalized “Diaoyu Island (Senkaku Islands) and China. The people have been repulsed. Did Japan forget the lessons of that time?
Regarding Xinjiang Uygur and Hong Kong, it is the internal affairs of China in the first place, and Japan has no right to criticize it. Second, the content of the criticism is all lies.