Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has not been mentioning any pot recently, but he has even competed with Russia on the territorial issue, and wants to discuss with Russia on the issue of the ownership of the "four northern islands." But on the issue of territorial sovereignty, there will be room for negotiation. Strictly speaking, the "four northern islands" were defeated by Russia itself during World War II and were legally recognized by the international community. However, since World War II, Japan has been unrelentingly using this matter to make a gimmick and appeal to the international community about its sovereignty over the "four northern islands."
But all along, Russia has ignored Japan's voices, and no matter how fierce Japan is, there is still no way to take Russia. In addition, in this Russia-Ukraine conflict, Japan has sided with the United States and Ukraine without saying a word, constantly imposing sanctions on Russia and expressing support for Ukraine. Russia** Putin has long said that all forces and countries that support Ukraine are equivalent to enemies of Russia. Therefore, in the context of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the relationship between Japan and Russia has directly fallen to the lowest point in recent years.
But what is interesting is that after Kishida provoked trouble with the territorial issue, he turned around and wanted to show goodwill to Russia. At the most recent plenary session of the House of Representatives, Fumio Kishida publicly stated that in handling relations with Russia, he will simultaneously promote the resolution of territorial disputes and the conclusion of a peace treaty with Russia. This sentence sounds a little funny, Kishida now has an arrogant posture of wanting and wanting, which also makes people wonder where his confidence is? As expected, in the face of Japan's request to conclude a peace treaty, Putin even refused. In response, Russia said that because Japan is still implementing an unfriendly line towards Russia, it wants to conclude a peace treaty, and it is directly exempt from talks.
The so-called unfriendly line, on the one hand, is Japan's position in support of Ukraine, and on the other hand, it is Japan's attitude of following the United States in imposing sanctions on Russia. On the issue of preserving Russia's sovereignty over the "four northern islands," Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev said that the territorial issue has been resolved and that it belongs to Russia. What's even more ironic is that Medvedev also issued a picture of a Japanese samurai committing suicide by seppuku, which is understood by many people as saying that if Japan is not convinced by Russia's statement, it can only find problems from itself, and in the end, even if it is "seppuku suicide", no one will sympathize. If you want to say that you have a tough attitude, you still have to look at Russia, a picture seems to say nothing, and it seems to say everything, I don't know if Fumio Kishida will blush when he sees it.
It is not difficult to understand the reason for Japan's current distorted mentality of being reluctant to the United States and trying to curry favor with Russia. On the one hand, within Japan, Kishida is now under great pressure. Because of the many scandals involved, the "Kishida faction" announced its dissolution two days ago, and the foundation of Prime Minister Kishida's current ruling power has been shaken. Therefore, according to the traditional routine, their means are to divert domestic contradictions, and this time they are looking for Russia to stir up trouble, most likely to divert the attention of the domestic people. On the other hand, Japan's foreign policy, which follows the lead of the United States, has always been opposed by many people at home. Now that the influence of the United States in the international community has declined sharply, Japan must learn to use the art of balancing the balance in order to have a third of an acre of land in the international community in the future. Project Sword