"Day" Saienji Ichikō and Akira Yagi: We solemnly protest against the anti-China resolution of the Japanese Diet

Source: Global Times

The House of Representatives of the Japanese Diet recently deliberated and passed a resolution on human rights related to China, expressing concern about the so-called human rights issues in Xinjiang, Tibet, Inner Mongolia, and Hong Kong. The move seriously damaged Japan-China relations. We solemnly protest against this.

The National Assembly is the supreme organ for the exercise of state power and the body of power representing the entire nation. The resolution was carefully planned by a handful of far-right anti-China lawmakers in the Liberal Democratic Party, and was approved and forcibly approved by some opposition lawmakers who only wanted one vote, regardless of the country's century-old plan. It will not reflect the will of all Japanese citizens and will seriously harm national interests.

What makes people even more indignant is that they have ulterior motives to pass the resolution on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and China, the arrival of the Spring Festival, and the whole country to welcome the Beijing Winter Olympics. This atrocity, which maliciously undermines the feelings of the Chinese Government and the Chinese people, must not be tolerated.

The resolution requires the Japanese government to "collect information related to this in order to obtain a complete picture of the serious human rights situation." Is it possible to condemn China without having specific information? They themselves exposed the resolution as a "groundless cut-and-play."

Hong Kong is part of China, and how to manage Hong Kong is China's internal affair. Therefore, all problems that arise should of course be resolved by the Chinese government itself. Foreign governments and congresses that have nothing to do with this are interfering in the internal affairs of other countries if they want to judge right from wrong by this. I would like to ask these political parties and parliamentarians who see Xinjiang and Tibet as "violating human rights" and endorsing the resolution: Do you have a solid basis? Fallacies such as the so-called "massacre of the Uyghur genocide" are all due to anti-China groups such as the "Japanese Uyghur Association" and "contemporary traitors" living overseas. The truth has not been discerned through meticulous interviews and investigations, nor has a solid basis been found. Apart from the so-called testimony of these anti-China jumping clowns, no specific evidence has been put forward. Merely on the basis of this one-sided phrase of "what is said and what", "it seems so and so", passing a resolution condemning other countries in Congress without any basis and without any basis is a blasphemy against the highest organ of state power, the Congress.

We do not deny that there are problems and differences of opinion between Japan and China. It is precisely because of the existence of problems that the two sides should be more sincere and humble, through patient and meticulous communication to solve. Our predecessors also maintained and developed Japan-China relations. Japan and China have concluded a "Treaty of Peace and Friendship" and are friendly neighbors. As for friendly neighbors, what will happen to wantonly interfering in each other's internal affairs and slandering each other without sufficient evidence? Every country has some complex domestic conundrums to a greater or lesser extent. In the United States, there has always been a problem of racial discrimination against Africans, in the United Kingdom there is also a problem of Scottish separatism, and in Japan there is also a problem of Okinawa. These are the domestic problems of each country, that is, the internal affairs of each country, which must be solved by each country itself. What will happen if other countries talk nonsense about these issues and pass a resolution on interference in Congress? Internationally, if you point your nose and stare at each other, isn't that going to be a mess? If fellow parliamentarians from all sides are so enthusiastic about "human rights" and "democracy," why not pass a resolution condemning the united States?

Passing a resolution condemning China means that Japan will cross an irreparable red line and fundamentally shake the relationship between Japan and China, with implications not only political but also economic. The consequences and responsibilities must be borne by all parliamentarians and political parties that endorse the resolution. (The writer is a visiting professor at East Japan International University, an advisor to the Japan-China Friendship Association, and a director of the Japan-China Friendship Association)