Yasuo Fukuda (Yasuo Fukuda, Yasuo Fukuda, Fukuda Yasuo), Japanese, Born on July 16, 1936, Takasaki City. Yingyi Ying Japan Hayagata University.
Yasuo Fukuda joined the Petroleum Society in March 1959 after graduating from the Faculty of Political Science and Economics at Waseda University. He advocated that political reform start with every politician himself and was known for his moderation in policy.
On September 25, 2007, Yasuo Fukuda was elected as japan's 91st prime minister. He is the eldest son of former Japanese Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda, so for the first time, Japan has produced two generations of prime ministers. On September 1, 2008, Yasuo Fukuda spoke at a press conference in Tokyo. Yasuo Fukuda announced his resignation at a news conference held that night.
On December 27, 2007, Yasuo Fukuda visited China, and on December 30, he came to Qufu, Shandong Province, to visit the Confucius Temple. After the visit, he said that he had "returned to the origin of culture 2,500 years ago," emphasizing the long history of Japan-China exchanges. Fukuda and his wife watched the ceremony held in front of the Dacheng Hall of the Confucius Temple. "Japan also has an 'Analects fever,' and confucius's teachings still play an important role in the rest of the world today, which is significant," Fukuda said. He also said: "I feel the warmth of the past and the new." The visit was deeply moved and today was a great reward. ”
During the tour, he also recalled: "I read the Analects when I was in middle school. During the visit, the Japanese prime minister also continued to pronounce in Japanese the classic sentences in the Analects, such as "Do not do to others what you do not want", "Do not look at incivility, do not listen to incivility, do not speak of incivility, do not move", "The use of etiquette, and the value of you".
After stepping down as Prime Minister of Japan, Yasuo Fukuda visited China nearly 20 times, and the most touching thing during this period was that on June 24, 2018, on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the conclusion of the Sino-Japanese Treaty of Peace and Friendship, Yasuo Fukuda visited the Memorial Hall of the Compatriots Killed in the Nanjing Massacre of the Japanese Army Invading China. He is also the fourth to pay homage to the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall after Tomiichi Murayama, Toshiki Hiroshi Kaibe, and Yukio Hatoyama.
After the visit, Yasuo Fukuda went to the airport and laid a wreath on the altar with electronic writing, and the wreath read "Yasuo Fukuda, Prime Minister of Japan", after which he gently arranged the knots with his hands, and led his fellow personnel to mourn for a long time, inscribed the four big characters of "Peaceful East Asia" with a brush, and accepted the history books presented by Director Zhang Jianjun.
When asked why he visited the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall in this special year, Futian told reporters that although he had visited Nanjing once before, the schedule was too rushed, and this time he was attending the meeting in Shanghai, so he must come. Then he went on to say that the most painful feeling was the occurrence of war, and the inhumanity of his own country at that time, the peace of the moment is the most precious, this visit made me deeply feel that war is so cruel, tragedy is caused by war, and mankind must not allow it to happen again.
Yasuo Fukuda affirmed the concept of the memorial, saying that it is a memorial that deserves deep consideration from all over Japan and the world. The exhibition of the memorial is based on correct facts about the historical content of the time. He said, "All along, I felt like I should come here. I believe that Japanese people should have a grasp of the facts of the past and be able to correctly understand the facts of the past. I hope that more Japanese people will be able to visit the memorial in the future. On the basis of understanding the facts, we will enhance mutual exchanges between Japan and China in the future.
Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda has long been committed to the cause of Sino-Japanese friendship, and during his tenure as Prime Minister of Japan, he favored the development of long-term and stable benign relations with China, and repeatedly opposed Japanese dignitaries from visiting the Yasukuni Shrine, which enshrines Class-A war criminals.
On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the conclusion of the Sino-Japanese Treaty of Peace and Friendship in 2018. When meeting with Yasuo Fukuda, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said: 40 years ago, it was Mr. Takeo Fukuda, then Prime Minister of Japan, who jointly concluded the Sino-Japanese Treaty of Peace and Friendship with Mr. Deng Xiaoping, which confirmed in the form of law the contents of the Sino-Japanese joint statement, including the basic principles for handling history, Taiwan, and other issues, and consolidated the political and legal foundation for Sino-Japanese relations. The treaty also makes it clear that both sides oppose hegemony and any third party to regional hegemony.
Ten years ago, Mr. Fukuda, as the head of Japan at the time, signed the fourth political document with the Chinese leader, making it clear that China and Japan are partners, do not pose a threat to each other, and support each other's peaceful development. These principles remain relevant today. The two sides should carry forward the past and forge ahead, consolidate the political and legal foundation of Sino-Japanese relations, confirm the important consensus of mutual cooperation, and open up a new blueprint for the future development of bilateral relations.
Yasuo Fukuda: I agree. The sustained and stable development of Japan-China relations is not only very important for Japan and China, but will also have an important impact on East Asia and the world as a whole. The two sides should make joint efforts to never let Japan-China relations lose their way again, and we are willing to play an active role in this regard. At the same time, the Japanese side hopes to deeply participate in China's new round of reform and opening up.
On October 1, 2019, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda said in an exclusive interview with Xinhua News Agency in Tokyo that the development of New China in the past 70 years was "down-to-earth". In particular, the changes that have taken place since the beginning of reform and opening up were completely unimaginable before.
On October 25, 2021, the 17th Beijing-Tokyo Forum opened with the theme of "Reflections on China-Japan Relations and Reshaping International Cooperation towards the 50th Anniversary of the Normalization of Diplomatic Relations". In his keynote speech at the opening ceremony, former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda said that the center of gravity of international politics and economy is shifting from the Atlantic region centered on Europe and the United States to the Oceania and Indian Ocean regions centered on East Asia. The way of thinking that advocates the inevitable confrontation between Japan and the United States and China is unique to fools and has the potential to lead human society to extinction. The current situation of fierce competition between the United States and China cannot last forever, and although the United States is still the world's largest economic and military power, its participation in maintaining peace and stability in the international community is turning to limited participation.
Yasuo Fukuda said that in the 21 st century, the international situation facing Japan and China is changing. The center of gravity of international politics and economy is shifting from the Atlantic region, centered on Europe and the United States, to oceania and the Indian Ocean region, centered on East Asia. This means that the Asian region in which we live will become richer and stronger, and the position of the international community will become more important. At the same time, it is precisely because of the high point position that Asia is at a high point that various contradictions and problems in the world will collide more here.
"The times require us to jointly grasp the direction of the giant ship 'Earth', rather than as a bystander as before, free ride on the international order and system established by European and American countries." Yasuo Fukuda said.
Yasuo Fukuda mentioned that US President Joe Biden has previously said that confrontation between the United States and China is not inevitable, and he is willing to make efforts to prevent competition from developing into confrontation. But the reality of the U.S.-China relationship that we see in our eyes is that competition and confrontation are intensifying in various fields such as politics, security, and the economy, rather than deepening cooperation.
He said that if the countries of the world cannot unite and cooperate, they will not be able to cope with and solve global problems. If any country does not participate in cooperation, it is equivalent to slipping the head, taking advantage of others, and letting other countries fall into the situation of honest people suffering losses. The five major powers of the United States and China should earnestly promote nuclear disarmament while prohibiting other countries from developing and possessing nuclear weapons. However, this consensus has not been effectively observed, and the vast majority of non-nuclear countries, including Japan, are in a situation where honest people are always deceived. If this moral crisis of the international community continues, people's efforts to maintain peace, stability and prosperity in the international community will be frustrated and in vain, whether in terms of climate change response or non-proliferation.
The wise learn from history, and the fool learns from their own experience. Yasuo Fukuda quotes Bismarck as saying that we who live in modern times have only our own experiences and the reality in front of us, and we only know how to learn from them, and we will arbitrarily think that the world I see should be like this.
"There is a voice nowadays that for various reasons, Japan, the United States and China can only form a game relationship, and it is inevitable to move toward confrontation, and this is already a reality." On this premise, it is right to take the necessary countermeasures. Yasuo Fukuda said that there are not many people who have this view, but he always feels that this way of thinking is unique to fools, who will only look at the future from today's height.
Yasuo Fukuda said that in the future, the world will face a huge paradigm shift, advocating the view that Japan and the United States are bound to confront each other, and there is no perspective on how to deal with the great challenges and crises facing mankind and the earth. Imagine that increasing confrontation and competition will lead to instability and even chaos. In this context, if the international community encounters huge crises and challenges, human society may embark on the road to extinction.
Yasuo Fukuda said the current situation of fierce competition between the United States and China as superpowers in the international community cannot last forever. "Although the United States is still the world's largest economic and military power, it is turning into a turning point in its limited participation in maintaining peace and stability in the international community."
Yasuo Fukuda said that the United States and China currently occupy a very important position in the international community and have a responsibility to play a leading role in the major issues facing mankind, and this situation is expected to continue for some time. But in the coming decades, the so-called United States is the world's only police superpower, and China's thinking style of the world's largest and fastest-growing population should gradually change.
Regarding the "Chinese origin theory" of the new coronavirus that the United States stigmatizes China, Futian said: "It is just a rumor from the outside world, and (China) does not need to apologize." The United States has strategically claimed that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction. Whether or not we should believe the words of the great powers must be confirmed with our own eyes. ”
Sino-Japanese relations have shown a good momentum of development, and the Sino-Japanese strategic reciprocal relationship has been deepening. Yasuo Fukuda has made an important contribution to this.
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