During a recent visit to China, Japan sent a large economic delegation of up to 180 people, consisting of many high-level *** and entrepreneurs. According to Japan**, the purpose of their trip is to make three demands to China. However, all three demands seem somewhat unreasonable and arrogant, let alone made at the same time. Japan seems to lack sincerity, and it has not eased its restrictions on China, either on the issue of nuclear sewage discharge or in its efforts to contain China in the semiconductor sector in cooperation with the United States. Since they have not shown sincerity, what reason do they have for making these unreasonable demands on us? Naturally, there is no reason for China to be too lenient. Judging by the information released by the Japanese side, it seems that they did not get the results they expected. Takao Shinto, president of the Japan Economic Association, said in an interview with foreign media that the delegation's visit to China did not achieve substantive results, and most of the issues need to be resolved in the future. It can be seen that the mission's visit could almost be regarded as fruitless. Japan** was clearly unhappy with this, so they quickly announced that they would tighten export control measures against a number of countries, including China, to prevent goods, parts and technologies from being used for military purposes.
According to reports, Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry plans to submit relevant regulations to the Export Control Commission within the current fiscal year, proposing to divide exporting countries into three categories. The first category is countries to which exports are prohibited by UN Security Council resolutions, such as North Korea; The second category is 27 countries that need export controls, including the United States, the United Kingdom and South Korea; The third category is other countries, including China and Russia. Now, Japan plans to raise its export controls to China and Russia to a level comparable to those of the first category of countries. This means that some cutting-edge materials, high-precision machine tools, and other exports that can be used in manufacturing** will be subject to some degree of control. Although such measures can be understood to a certain extent as a response to the conflict in Ukraine and tensions in the Middle East, why did they choose to target China and Russia? This is clearly untenable. As can be seen from this series of measures, Japan is still on a line of dependence on the United States, and their engagement with China is mostly a compromise to achieve their own goals, and if they do not achieve the results they want, they will soon reveal their true intentions.
According to statistics, the scale of economic and trade between China and Japan has dropped sharply in the past year, with a bilateral amount of 3,179$9.8 billion, down 107%。In the case of Kishida's internal support rate is sluggish and the economy lacks momentum for recovery, it is undoubtedly a wrong decision for them to take the initiative to intensify the contradictions between China and Japan. However, Kishida does not seem to be aware of this, and they have chosen to cooperate with the U.S. policy of containing China by introducing new export control measures before their visit to the United States. It was also a demonstration of their loyalty to the U.S.-Japan alliance and the importance of the U.S.-Japan relationship. As can be seen from these actions, Japan is still essentially dependent on the United States, and most of their engagement with China has been a compromise move to achieve its own ends. Once they don't get the results they want, they quickly reveal their true motives.
To sum up, the economic delegation sent by Japan did not achieve the desired results during the visit to China, which is likely to lead to the dissatisfaction of Japan**. In response to this situation, they immediately took measures to strengthen export controls to countries such as China. But such retaliation will only further escalate tensions between China and Japan, and is not in Japan's own interests. As a responsible major country, Japan should face up to its role in Sino-Japanese relations and actively develop mutually beneficial cooperation with China, rather than creating tensions to satisfy its own selfish interests. Only through mutual respect, equality and mutual benefit can China and Japan achieve common development and prosperity.