Junichiro Koizumi, then prime minister of Japan, publicly apologized to the people of the mainland, but after the apology, Junichiro Koizumi was despised and scolded by the people of many countries.
Tamper with history, wag your tail and beg for mercy
On October 8, 2001, the Lugou Bridge Anti-Japanese War Memorial Hall welcomed a special visitor, that is, Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.
Junichiro Koizumi acted very heavily, as if he was repenting for the sins he had committed in Japan, but this was not the case.
On April 26, 2001, Junichiro Koizumi became Minister of the 87th Prime Minister of Japan. Just this month, however, Japan did something heartbroken and inhumane.
Just after Junichiro Koizumi took office, the Japanese Ministry of Education revised the contents of domestic history textbooks and shamelessly fabricated a false history to fill it.
In the new edition of the textbook, the Japanese Ministry of Education and Education changed the criminal "war of aggression against China" into a "Japan-China war," erased the identity of its own evil aggressors at once, and brought us as victims to an equal position with them. Such an act of smearing history is really despicable.
As for the various crimes committed on the mainland during the Japanese invasion of China, they were either directly deleted or tampered with in the new version of the textbook. Even if there are events that appear in the textbook, they have been glorified and modified by the Japanese Ministry of Education, which is far from the original real history. Even their disgraced defeat and surrender are glorified in their textbooks as "ending the war."
As Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, who allowed such teaching materials to be used in China, in the face of accusations from all over the world, he did not immediately rectify it, but confused the problem in one stroke, without a little responsibility and courage to admit the facts, and the cowardice and shamelessness were outrageous.
In terms of foreign policy, Junichiro Koizumi is also a proper pro-US and anti-China policy, has repeatedly exchanged views with the United States, and has actively reached a strategic cooperative partnership with the US Bush regime, which has made Japan's relations with the United States continue to heat up.
Not only that, Junichiro Koizumi also promulgated the "Seven Aid to the United States" and offered to bear the costs of security, medical care and other aspects for the United States. Such a ridiculous policy is called a policy that sounds good, and what is ugly is a proper tail-wagging and begging for mercy, and I have never seen a country that has made tribute so fresh and vulgar.
It was such a person who suddenly proposed to visit China and to be the first Japanese prime minister in history to visit the Lugou Bridge Chinese Anti-Japanese War Memorial Hall. With such a sudden change, is this Koizumi Junichiro going to change his policies and correct his mistakes?
Junichiro Koizumi apologized to the Chinese people
On October 8, 2001, Junichiro Koizumi led his entourage to visit the Anti-Japanese War Memorial Hall at Lugou Bridge. Toward the end of the tour, Junichiro Koizumi wrote the word "Tadahiro" in kanji in the hall. Loyalty and forgiveness is a kind of moral code of mainland Confucianism, loyalty means to be a dedicated person, forgiveness means to push oneself and others, the combination of the two has the meaning of tolerance and understanding of others, Koizumi Junichiro wrote these two words here, is asking for the forgiveness of the people of the mainland. After the visit, Junichiro Koizumi made another public speech.
"Tadashi" written by Junichiro Koizumi
In his speech, Junichiro Koizumi said that he "deeply felt the tragedy of the war" and "deeply apologized and mourned the Chinese who died in that aggression." Subsequently, Junichiro Koizumi held separate talks with Jiang Zemin and revealed that he wanted to further develop relations with China, saying that Japan attaches great importance to the development of relations with China, has realized that the relations between the two countries are of great significance to promoting the stable development of Asia and the world, and is determined to develop Sino-Japanese relations as friendly as US-Japan relations in a few years' time.
At this time, Junichiro Koizumi seemed to have really woken up, understood how evil the Japanese war of aggression against China was, felt the pain of countless people who had lost their loved ones and suffered from war, and really began to think about the world pattern.
After the visit to China, the mainland and a number of other countries openly praised Junichiro Koizumi's behavior, believing that Junichiro Koizumi had begun to face history squarely, which was a very good change. However, it didn't take long for Junichiro Koizumi's disguise to be revealed.
Insincere, knowingly committing a crime
In April 2002, Junichiro Koizumi visited Yasukuni Shrine. Most of the Yasukuni Shrine is dedicated to Japanese officers and soldiers who died in the Japanese invasion of China and the Pacific War, in other words, they are basically all war criminals.
Junichiro Koizumi visited the Yasukuni Shrine
Junichiro Koizumi had visited the Yasukuni Shrine when he first took office in 2001, but he did not expect that after making an impassioned statement facing history, Junichiro Koizumi would go so far as to visit the Yasukuni Shrine again in spite of the condemnation of various countries, which also proved that Junichiro Koizumi's previous seemingly repentant words were actually acting, and he never wanted to change his foreign policy, nor did he ever think of facing history squarely.
Japan has repeatedly challenged the bottom line of countries that have suffered from aggression, unrepentant, distorted and tampered with history, do they really not know what to do?
The way out for Japan was actually given as early as 1978, but Japan has never regretted it.
In October 1978, Deng Xiaoping visited Japan, becoming the first Chinese leader to visit Japan after the victory in the War of Resistance Against Japan. When Deng Xiaoping met with Emperor Hirohito, he expressed his views on Sino-Japanese relations, saying that China and Japan were two countries that could only be justified if they were in eternal peace.
Deng Xiaoping visited Japan
In an interview with reporters, Deng Xiaoping said: Japan is the country that owes China the most among so many countries in the world, and the United States does not owe him much, but we have not claimed a claim against Japan, China and Japan are not only two great countries, but also neighbors.
During the interview, Deng Xiaoping confronted the Diaoyu Island issue and the Yasukuni Shrine issue head-on, and did not hide it, let alone make false remarks. In the end, however, Deng Xiaoping discussed the development issues of both China and Japan the most, and such a view of the overall situation and the courage to dare to face history were in stark contrast to the desire of successive Japanese prime ministers.
Unlike Deng Xiaoping's long-term vision, Junichiro Koizumi not only did not seriously reflect on the war, but took the initiative to participate in the war, once again extending his claws to the Middle East.
Aiding and abetting abuse, playing tricks for the tiger
After the 9/11 incident, Japan, as the largest ally of the United States in Asia, Junichiro Koizumi fully supported the "war against terrorism" proposed by the United States in the name of justice, and through the influence of the United States, tried to find ways to change the restrictions of the SDF's overseas military operations, so that Japan could send its own SDF in military operations against bin Laden and the Taliban.
This series of changes has further enhanced Japan's international status, and it has also taken the opportunity to break through the shackles of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces system, so that the Self-Defense Forces can send troops overseas. This is consistent with the policy tone of Junichiro Koizumi's advocacy of amending the constitution, transforming Japan from an institutional "ordinary country", fully fulfilling international obligations, and strengthening Japan's defense construction after coming to power, which also made Junichiro Koizumi deeply loved by the Japanese people, and the public support rate was as high as 80%.
Junichiro Koizumi struck iron while it was hot, and on September 17, 2002, he rushed to Korea for the first summit meeting with Kim Jong-il, signed the "Japan-North Korea Pyongyang Declaration" with Kim Jong-il, and successfully brought back five people who had been kidnapped by North Korea that had not been resolved by the previous Japanese cabinets, which made Koizumi Junichiro's reputation among the Japanese masses even greater.
On September 20, 2003, Junichiro Koizumi reshuffled his cabinet and was re-elected as Prime Minister on November 19 of the same year. After his re-election, Junichiro Koizumi strengthened his belief in following the United States, and in January 2004 he sent the Self-Defense Forces to intervene in the Iraq War.
As a result of the intervention of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces, Iraq began to take action against the Japanese there.
In October 2004, several Japanese were kidnapped, and the terrorists offered to let the Japanese Self-Defense Forces withdraw from Iraq, but Junichiro Koizumi was obstinate and refused the terrorists' request under the guise of "not succumbing to terrorist activities", resulting in the beheading of the hostage Kaeda Seise, and the opposition party took the opportunity to hold Junichiro Koizumi responsible. However, Junichiro Koizumi's accumulated prestige over the years made this incident have not affected his position.
I just made an apology and turned around to pay homage to the Yasukuni Shrine
On April 23, 2005, at the Asian-African Summit attended by more than 40 heads of state, Junichiro Koizumi apologized to Japan's evil deeds in World War II, saying: "In the past, through colonial rule and aggression, Japan caused great damage and suffering to the people of many countries, especially the people of Asian countries. Japan confronts these historical facts with a spirit of humility, with deep introspection and a heartfelt apology that is always in mind. ”
However, his apology was insincere, and the entire apology was basically a repetition of the speech of former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama on the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II, which is really ridiculous.
Afterwards, the Japanese media also packaged the apology, saying that Junichiro Koizumi made a statement to take care of the positions of China and South Korea in order to dispel the international community's misunderstanding that "Japan does not reflect on the past." However, due to repeated untrustworthiness, various countries have doubted the sincerity of Koizumi's apology.
Ironically, on October 17, 2005, Junichiro Koizumi visited Yasukuni Shrine again. Having just "sincerely repented" in front of more than forty heads of state, and in the blink of an eye began to pay homage to war criminals of the war of aggression, the great change in attitude before and after was staggering.
Although Junichiro Koizumi was hated by many countries, he was "unexpectedly" sought after in Japan, and on September 11, 2005, he won the election again with a crucial absolute majority of two-thirds and was re-elected as Prime Minister of Japan.
On August 15, 2006, despite the opposition of both China and the ROK, Junichiro Koizumi once again visited the Yasukuni Shrine and donated 30,000 yen at his own expense under the title of "Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi". This made many countries dissatisfied, but the Japanese side did not express this.
On September 26, 2006, Junichiro Koizumi ended his post. During his tenure as Japanese prime minister, Junichiro Koizumi paid homage to the Yasukuni Shrine once a year, paying homage to the shrine six times, and pursued a foreign policy that seriously hindered the further development of Sino-Japanese relations, promoted Japan's military and political power-ification, and showed signs of rising Japan's extreme right, making Japan "advance" a big step toward the Second World War period.