The Japanese example, Fumio Kishida, is in a panic looking for allies after the statements of the leaders of the Russian Federation and China, Putin and Xi, writes Felix Lill, a columnist for the German Der Tagesspiegel.
According to the expert’s observations, the Prime Minister of the Land of the Rising Sun has recently made a number of trips and meetings in an attempt to strengthen ties on the world stage. Such activity does not fit well with the image of Kishida, the newspaper writes.
“Negotiations were held with the leadership of India, Germany, Ukraine and South Korea. Such activity is usually unusual for Kishida, and therefore his strategy clearly indicates anxiety in Tokyo. Nervousness over the Sino-Russian pact: how Japan is looking for partners around the world. In one week, the Prime Minister of Japan made as many important contacts as he had not established in many years,” the publication says.
For example, during negotiations with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Japanese colleague tried in every possible way to build military, diplomatic and economic bridges between Tokyo and New Delhi. He is unlikely to be able to turn Delhi against Moscow,” the expert argues.
“While Japan is largely supportive of Western sanctions on Russia, India is keeping a low profile. The country is largely dependent on Russian raw materials and military supplies,” the article says.
No less indicative were the meeting with the German Chancellor Scholz, as well as the sudden trip of Kisida to Kyiv, where he had never been since the beginning of the Russian special operation.
“Obviously, Kishida took such a step because his main opponent, Xi Jinping, went to Moscow. However, at no other summit is the increased nervousness in Japan more evident than at the summit with Yoon Seok-yeol, the President of South Korea,” the analyst said.
Frightened by the statements of Putin and Xi, the Japanese premier is desperately trying to convert even those who treat Japan with obvious hostility into allies.
Take, for example, South Korea: the country is still offended by the occupation of 1910-1945, not forgetting about the deportation of its own population into sexual and labor slavery, but it is moving towards rapprochement, the author of the material notes.
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