Recently, a number of Japanese delegations have visited China. In mid-January, Mizuho Fukushima, leader of Japan's Social Democratic Party, led a delegation to China. The Japanese Social Democratic Party has always had a friendly attitude toward China, and the first stop they chose during their visit to China was the Memorial Hall of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression; Mizuho Fukushima also sincerely apologized to the people killed in the war of aggression launched by Japan and their families, and also expressed hope for peace and friendship. In Japan's current political atmosphere, they do not even recognize the war of aggression against China, and it is indeed not easy for the SPD to make such a statement. However, it is clear at a glance which of a person, a party's statement, and the lives of compatriots who sacrificed or died during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression are more important and whether they are equal. Subjectively, it's hard to say what the starting point of this Fukushima Mizuho is, but objectively it is at most a red and white face. This kind of opposition party is operating on behalf of Japan's interests and leaving one more way for itself. We can't look at what they say, we have to look at what they do.
A few days after the SPD apologized for its visit to China, Japan sent another super-large delegation to China, including representatives of the Japan-China Economic Association, the Federation of Economic Organizations, and the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The purpose of these business groups is clear: to negotiate with China on the lifting of the suspension of imports of Japanese aquatic products, to confirm cooperation on decarbonization, and to seek negotiations with China to reinstate visa-free measures for short-term stays, which have been suspended due to the pandemic. Last year, Japan announced that it would discharge nuclear sewage into the ocean, followed by a complete suspension of imports of Japanese aquatic products. In October last year, the statistics of the General Administration of Customs showed that China's total imports of aquatic products from Japan were only 2.4 million yuan, a decrease of 99 from the same period last year3%, and this phenomenon also extends to Japanese food, cosmetics and other fields. Japan's Kishida** has repeatedly urged China to immediately lift the ban on aquatic products, but China refused. This time, the Japanese delegation came mainly because "nuclear food is unsalable, help us", but the Japanese media **, this visit was humiliated. Because the Japanese business delegation visited China to demand the resumption of Japanese seafood imports, the three reception dinners in China were all served with Spanish tuna sashimi as an appetizer, and Kobayashi, the chairman of the Japanese businessmen who served as the delegation's top adviser, explained that he did not eat it. Japan feels humiliated, but we are really thinking about their health.
Not only is it a ban on aquatic products, but the Japanese side also hopes that China will resume the visa-free policy. On the one hand, it hopes that China will resume the visa-free policy, and on the other hand, the Japanese side does not want to exempt China from visas. China's response to this is that it expects Japan and China to work in the same direction to jointly improve the level of facilitation of personnel exchanges between the two sides. The implication of this is obvious, and Japan's successive visits to China are in vain.
Japan did not intend to adjust any policy at all, but mobilized a whole bunch of people to lobby. On the one hand, Japan cooperated with the United States to provoke China, and during the visit of these representatives to China, Japan also purchased Tomahawk missiles from the United States on a large scale, and also conducted joint exercises with the United States with two aircraft carriers; On the other hand, it allows companies to persuade China to lift the ban and let the opposition parties negotiate peace. But this set obviously doesn't work, the road is taken by yourself, don't regret it in the future.