Title: Facing new challenges to the stability of China-Japan relations, Kishida** sent a high-level Komeito party to visit China to seek a breakthrough.
Introduction: In order to resolve the dispute caused by the Fukushima nuclear sewage discharge, high-level representatives of Japan's Komeito Party visited China and brought a letter from Prime Minister Kishida. However, the visit did not go as smoothly as expected, and Sino-Japanese relations are facing a new test.
Text: After some talks, the Japanese representative demanded that the ban on the export of Japanese aquatic products to China be lifted immediately, while emphasizing the concerns of the Japanese people. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi expressed China's willingness to strengthen cooperation between the two countries, but hoped that Japan would provide an opportunity to monitor independently. However, despite the high expectations of the Komeito visit, the failure to meet with China's top leaders has led many to pessimistically believe that Japan** has frequently touched on sensitive issues in recent years, which has led to the cold reception of Komeito.
In fact, China has consistently opposed the discharge of Fukushima nuclear wastewater into the sea according to current standards, which has won the understanding and support of neighboring countries. Correspondingly, Japan** has shied away from concerns about China and shifted the issue to the geopolitical sphere in order to divert public focus. The Komeito visit was not a mediator, but an attempt to influence China's position by taking advantage of the active role of the late Komeito founder Daisaku Ikeda in Sino-Japanese relations. However, such an approach is doomed to fail.
In addition, the leaders of China and Japan met at the APEC summit not long ago, and Prime Minister Kishida asked China to lift the ban on Japanese aquatic products. However, Natsuo Yamaguchi carried Kishida's letter and prepared everything to return to normal, apparently overestimating his own abilities. In any case, this repeated waste of diplomatic resources will not change Japan's disregard for China's legitimate concerns.
Finally, the Komeito Party needs to reflect on whether it has played a role in preventing the LDP from repeatedly attacking the revision of the "Peace Constitution." Komeito should recognize that it is not just a "personal relationship" that is regarded as a stabilizing factor in Sino-Japanese relations, but that Daisaku Ikeda, the founder of the Komeito Party, has given the party a special historical mission because of his hope for friendship and peace between the two countries. If the performance of the Komeito Party is no different from that of the LDP, there is no need for special treatment.
In response to the current nuclear sewage discharge issue of Japan's TEPCO in the past three months, Kishida should give up his illusions, actively respond to China's reasonable concerns, and take action to win China's trust. Otherwise, the Chinese market will not open its doors again, and whoever comes to intercede will not help.
Conclusion: Sino-Japanese relations are facing new challenges, and there are geopolitical considerations behind the Fukushima nuclear sewage incident. The failure of the Komeito Party's visit to China to achieve the expected results is not unrelated to Japan's indifference to China's concerns. Kishida should face up to the problem, take positive measures to respond to China's legitimate concerns, and win China's trust with concrete actions. Only in this way can China-Japan relations develop steadily and bring more opportunities for mutual benefit and win-win results for the two peoples.