In recent years, Japan has frequently sent large delegations to China to seek economic and trade cooperation, and has also visited historical sites of Japan's war of aggression against China, such as Nanjing, in an attempt to improve Sino-Japanese relations, showing Japan's humility and friendship. This is in stark contrast to the arrogance and hostility of Japan in the past, and the reason behind it is that Japan is facing a severe economic crisis.
Japan used to be the economic hegemon of Asia, with many advantageous industries, such as electronics, machinery, automobiles, etc. However, in the past two decades, Japan's economy has fallen into a long period of stagnation and recession, and its advantageous industries have also been strongly contested and surpassed by countries such as South Korea, Taiwan, and China. Japan's auto industry is also facing the threat of Chinese automakers, who are constantly innovating and improving, while Japanese automakers are stagnant and lack new technologies and products.
Japan's nuclear wastewater discharge incident has also dealt a huge blow to Japan's economy, triggering a global boycott and condemnation, resulting in serious losses of Japan's aquatic products and marine resources. Japan has sought help from other countries to buy its aquatic products, but the response has been one of cold and rejection, making Japan feel isolated and helpless. At the same time, Japan's so-called "whitewashing Japan" plan in China has also met with strong opposition and resistance from the Chinese people because of the teaching materials incident, which has greatly reduced Japan's cultural influence in China and aroused the national pride and patriotism of the Chinese people.
Japan's economic crisis is also related to the war and science and technology war between China and the United States, Japan chose to stand on the side of the United States in this war, suppressing and sanctioning China, but did not expect that the United States would fail, nor did it realize that its industrial advantages no longer exist, so after the end of the war, Japan found itself in both China and the United States The market has lost its position and share, and has been completely replaced by Chinese enterprises, and Japan's industrial development achievements have come to naught in just a few years.
The debt crisis in the United States has also put tremendous pressure on Japan, the United States needs to obtain funds and resources from other economic powers to alleviate its predicament, while Europe can no longer support the United States, and South Korea is too small, so Japan has become the only choice for the United States, and the United States will do whatever it takes to extract benefits from Japan, making Japan a victim and a stepping stone for the United States.