The Russian-Ukrainian conflict has spawned a new round of strategic agitation in Japan.
Japan's three phases come out together to open the "visit mode",
Running around just to sanction Russia?
economic sanctions, territorial disputes,
To Russia, the Japanese prime minister is permanently barred from entering the country.
Russia and Japan are constantly in dispute, and tensions are difficult to turn around.
Sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, drop the atomic bomb,
During World War II, Japan and the United States were old enemies.
Why is Japan willing to be america's little brother now?
Japan's three-phase visit is only for the purpose of sanctioning Russia
From April 29 to May 6, the Japanese head visited five countries, including Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Italy, and the United Kingdom.
The reason why the visiting places chose Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam, Kishida had intentions. Indonesia holds the G20 presidency this year, Thailand holds the rotating presidency of APEC of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation this year, and Vietnam is a traditional pro-Russian country. According to Japanese media analysis, Kishida hopes to strengthen cooperation with ASEAN countries by cooperating with the United States to implement the "Indo-Pacific Strategy" and pull Southeast Asian countries to join the ranks of sanctions against Russia. However, Japan's "coordination" in Southeast Asia appears to have had little effect.
Meanwhile, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshinori Hayashi quietly visited Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Mongolia from April 28 to May 2.
Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi also traveled to the United States on May 3 to hold talks with U.S. Defense Secretary Austin.
Russia's counterattack against Japan was steady, accurate, and fierce
The Russian Foreign Ministry issued a statement on May 4 announcing a permanent ban on 63 people, including the Japanese prime minister, foreign minister, and finance minister, from entering Russia. Although Kishida Said Hemio could not accept the sanctions, their acceptance should not be within Russia's consideration. The permanent ban also means that diplomatic relations between Russia and Japan have reached the point of complete freezing.
The Japanese fire chestnut wants to take back the four northern islands
Some analysts believe that Japan jumped so high because it wanted to "take chestnuts from the fire." Japan wanted to take this opportunity to drag down Russia and thus take back the four northern islands. If Japan can really take back the four northern islands this time, it will be terrible, then Japan will become another big winner in this Russian-Ukrainian war, in addition to the United States.
The strategic significance of the four northern islands
The Four Northern Islands are four larger islands in the southern part of the Kuril Islands, located between the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East and the Japanese island of Hokkaido.
Geographically, the Kuril Islands are actually a natural island chain, and the four northern islands are precisely in the key position of this island chain.
In addition, Russia has set up the largest ballistic missile test range on the Kamchatka Peninsula. The reason why a large number of ballistic missiles are deployed here is because the missiles depart from here to fly to the Us mainland in a short time and have good results. But this is a very serious thing for Japan, which is downwind, and a circle of missiles has been arranged overhead, and the mood of the Japanese can be imagined.
Japan, for the island of Nago, once "knelt and licked" Russia
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In July 2012, in order to thank Russia for its assistance to the Earthquake in Japan, Japan presented the Akita Dog "Little Dream" to Russian President Vladimir Putin, and then "Little Dream" became Putin's dog.
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In 2014, the Crimean crisis broke out. At the time, Japan was perfunctory about U.S. demands to follow up sanctions against Russia. While imposing symbolic sanctions on Russia under pressure from the United States, the Abe administration has actively developed a personal friendship with President Putin, and has actually adopted a pro-Russian policy.
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In November 2018, Putin and Abe met in Singapore to negotiate a peace treaty on the basis of the 1956 Soviet-Japanese Public Declaration.
During Abe's term of office, he has been promoting the resolution of the issue of the four northern islands between Russia and Japan by upgrading personal relations. From 2013 to 2020, Abe and Putin met a total of 27 times and made dozens of phone calls. Two people have had drinks, played golf, sent dogs, and have always had a good relationship. At the height of their relationship, in December 2016, Putin visited Abe's hometown of Yamaguchi County, and stayed at a traditional Japanese-style hot spring inn, which the Japanese once saw as a very good opportunity to solve the problem of the four northern islands. However, until the end, Putin still did not make any statement, and the issue of the four northern islands remained unresolved.
Japan and the United States were once old enemies, and now they are subservient
In 1945, two American atomic bombs completely destroyed Japan, and on August 15, 1945, Japan announced its unconditional surrender. The Second World War came to an end.
After the end of World War II, the U.S.-led Allied forces occupied Japan for seven years, which can be roughly divided into three important stages from killing each other to loving each other: first the punishment and reform stage from 1945 to 1947, then the economic revitalization stage from 1947 to 1950, and finally the peace treaty concluded from 1950 to 1952.
In 1950, after the Korean War began, it gave the Japanese a chance to get rich. Japan provided the United States with so-called war special needs while achieving economic take-off.
Japan, after its economic strength, has repeatedly said "no" to the United States. In February 1994, when then-Japanese Prime Minister Hosokawa Visited the United States, he explicitly rejected the U.S. request to set numerical indicators for Japanese imports from the United States. After that, Japan issued a new defense study report and began to consider "multilateral security cooperation" with institutions such as the ASEAN Cooperation Forum on top of Japan-U.S. security cooperation.
Faced with the wavering mood shown by Japan, the U.S. Department of Defense immediately responded. The Japan-U.S. Joint Declaration on Security and Security, issued in November 1995, reaffirmed that the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty is the core of Japan-U.S. alliance and the foundation of Japan-U.S. cooperation on global issues.
From 1996 to the present, Japan-US military cooperation has become increasingly close. Japan has accelerated the legislative process of Japan-US military cooperation, which has continuously strengthened the Japan-US military alliance. Among them, the "Peripheral Affairs Act" promulgated in 1999 further clarified how the Japanese army provided rear support to the US military in wartime. In addition, the Partial Revision of the Self-Defense Forces Act and the Revision of the Japan-U.S. Agreement on mutual Provision of Goods and Services have further expanded the scope of military cooperation between Japan and the United States. After completing a series of legal procedures, the Military Alliance between Japan and the United States has entered a stable stage.
The immediate arrival and the lingering have always been the attitude of the United States toward Japan. Economically dependent and politically subordinate, Japan has lived in the shadow of the United States for more than half a century. In addition, the United States has set up as many as 88 military bases in Japan, and Japan, which is weakly defended, may be invaded and occupied by the United States in an instant. For Japan, it is probably more difficult to turn salted fish around and completely get rid of the control of the United States than to ascend to the sky.
This is really, how can a general of a defeated army be brave, and how can a minister who has destroyed a country try to survive?
May 15 at 19:15 p.m
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