Who is Lotus? Why can a woman of Chinese descent hold a high position in Japanese politics, and if she is really elected prime minister, whether it will be a blessing or a curse for Japan, and what will it bring to Japan?
On August 20, 2020, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe officially announced his resignation as prime minister, the man who has dominated Japanese politics for nearly 10 years is about to retire, the Japanese government has once again surged again, and the Chinese woman who has caused Abe the most headache, Renfang, as Japan's most popular and beloved female parliamentarian, is expected to become Japan's first Chinese female prime minister.
Lianfang's grandmother, Chen Xingcun, was a very remarkable figure, who went to Japan to study and later returned to live in Shanghai, China, during the Second World War, Chen Xingcun had a good relationship with many high-ranking Japanese officials by virtue of what she learned in Japan, and with the support of the Japanese, her tobacco business achieved great success, and she also successfully made a windfall in the chaotic world.
Because Chen Xingcun had close contacts with many Japanese officials, he was once considered a traitor and traitor, and was arrested and sentenced, but in fact, the facts are not as everyone has speculated, Chen Xingcun is still patriotic in his bones. After investigation and verification, she used the contact with senior Japanese officials to obtain internal intelligence and then forward it to the national intelligence department, so Chen Xingcun was acquitted and she left the Chinese mainland.
Although Chen Xingcun herself left, she did not have a business in the interior, and the union and banana business she founded were nominated and medaled by Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Mei-ling, and her assets in Japan were taken care of by her second son, Xie Zhexin.
And Lianfang is the daughter of Xie Zhexin, her full name is Xie Lianfang, and later followed her husband to change her surname, and her full name is Murata Lianfang. Her father is Taiwanese and her mother is native Japanese, and she is a pure Chinese-Japanese mixed race. Born in 1967 in Tokyo, the capital of Japan, Lianfang grew up in a wealthy family, because Lianfang looks very beautiful, so when she was in college, she became the image spokesperson of a car brand, her endorsement pictures are bold and innovative, and her advertisements are even more popular. Just when everyone thought that she would make a big difference in the show business circle with her good looks, but there were many lace news that were unfavorable to her, Lotus Fang as a school bully, cross-border is not a difficult thing for her, so later she turned into a host.
Lianfang is a very thoughtful person, when working as an announcer, there was an abnormal situation in the broadcast, Lianfang adapted to the situation, independently revised the manuscript, added some of his own views and opinions at the end, and also did not shy away from pointing out the problems in the manuscript, which was also a successful rescue of the broadcast accident.
However, the Japanese media has always had a dead rule, that is, the announcer is not allowed to change the manuscript without authorization, pointing out that the manuscript is wrong is even more taboo, the Japanese television station gave her an extremely severe punishment, and Lian Fang resigned in anger.
In 1993, LianFang married the Japanese Nobuyuki Murata, and after the marriage, the two went to Peking University in China to study Chinese together, And lianfang thought that her father was of Chinese descent, but she could not say Chinese, and she felt very unhappy.
In 1995, in order to find out for herself where her father had lived, she came to China to study, which caused a lot of discussion among the Japanese people.
In 1996, Lian Fang participated in a debate competition at Peking University, and the theme of this debate was whether to hide the mistakes he had made, and Lian Fang, as the main debater of the opposing side, relied on a sharp tooth that had been trained in the TELEVISION station to hide his shortcomings and state the rules and regulations. She also made a big fuss about the example of Japanese television, but the other side in turn asked her whether she really dared to make all her mistakes public. Including the mistakes that may be made later, Lian Fang answered the question and cleverly avoided the question, and the debate ended hastily.
Lianfang stayed in China for almost two years, and later Lianfang returned to China to get married and have children, originally thought that life would go on like this, but because there were many problems in Japanese education, Lianfang began to pay attention to politics for the education of her children, and she did not expect that her legendary political career began.
In fact, people who understand can see at a glance that Lotus Fang is ambitious, and I am afraid that she has already premeditated to enter the political arena, have you ever seen a mother who has changed careers to politics because of the education of her children? Maybe it's a little too much of a fuss! At best, it would be to find a school teacher to reflect that the child is just an excuse for her to achieve her political goals.
Renho's husband, Nobuyuki Murata, was a columnist, and the two married within a month of knowing each other, and later Murata Entered Waseda University as a professor. His wife's career has been thriving, and she has achieved nothing but publishing a book. Set against the backdrop of his wife's tough exterior, Nobuyuki Murata appears useless, which is also a huge blow to his male dignity.
In August 2020, the two officially announced their divorce, and the explanation given by Lianfang is the reason for the difference in outlook on life, values and career development direction, Lianfang is fixed in Tokyo, and her husband often has to go to other cities, Lianfang cannot give up her career for her husband, so the divorce between the two is sooner or later.
In fact, the marriage of the two has long been in vain, only considering the impact on the children has been dragging on, and now the eldest son has become a glorious big star, the daughter also has a stable job of their own, and the two children have grown up, so it is time for them to end this marriage.
But surprisingly, the divorce procedure of the two is unusually simple, there is no kind of separation of family property, mutual denigration and demolition of the big drama staged, the two did not even hire a lawyer, but calmly signed a divorce agreement, after the divorce of Lotus Fang changed her name back to the original Saito Lotus, 27 years of married life came to an end. But it is said that the two have been in contact, and the family group with the children has not been dissolved, and the divorce status is also enviable.
In fact, Murata Nobuyuki is also of great help to The political cause of Lotus, before The Lotus can play the hand of independent women to win the votes in the hands of women, but after marriage, I need to play the "good mother, good wife" card. In order to help his wife get the general election, Murata Nobuyuki personally distributed aid supplies, and in an interview, he also said that his wife is a good woman who takes care of her family, no matter how busy she is at work, she will take care of her children, pick up her children to school, and give them breakfast, so that the good image of the Gu family adds a lot of points to Lotus.
However, these superficial efforts alone cannot support Lianfang to gain a firm foothold in the political circles, and Lianfang must come up with some hard goods to gain the support of the people. Lotus Ship has strictly rectified the problem of squandering and waste, reducing fiscal waste from the root causes and reducing all unnecessary expenditures. For a time, those departments in Japan that have always wasted sex were all frightened to see The Lotus, and the newspaper news also rushed to report on the feats of the Lotus, and the Lotus won the hearts of the people.
In 2004, LianFang participated in the election and was finally elected to the Parliament, which surprised Lianfang himself and Japanese officials, lianfang was loved by the Japanese people with her strong ability and amazing political talent, and there was a high probability that she would become the first female prime minister of Chinese descent in the future.
Male superiority over female inferiority is a common phenomenon all over the world, and Japan is no exception, and the successful election of Lotus Ship has had a great impact on traditional Japanese culture. We all know that there is a heroic and sassy congresswoman Hillary clinton in the American political arena, and Lotus Is known as "Japanese Hillary" in Japan, which is also a disguised affirmation of her political ability.
In 2010, in the Senate election, Lianfang won the high vote, and the election process took less than five minutes from the beginning to the public announcement, and the high popular support rate of Lianfang shocked the Japanese media from all walks of life.
During her tenure, Lianfang repeatedly publicly attacked the Japanese bureaucracy, as a representative figure of the Democratic Party, she dared to confront the head, the public's love for her grew day by day, and she also won the reputation of "the Virgin Mary of the Democratic Party".
Her political achievements extend far beyond that, and in 2010 she became the first Chinese-American minister of state in Japanese history. The Japanese have a tradition of xenophobia, and it is difficult for pure Japanese people to sit in such a high position, let alone a chinese-Japanese mixed woman, so this is simply a miracle in the eyes of the Japanese.
In 2015, the Senate once again ushered in a new election, and Lian Fang, who was the vice chairman of the Democratic Party at the time, once again won a high vote and successfully re-elected. The Japanese people all wantEda Tonyo to run for governor of Tokyo, and because of her popularity, as long as she ran for the position, it would belong to her.
But Lianfang did not participate in the election according to everyone's wishes, she said that her field lies in the national affairs, that is the mayor of Tokyo, how many people dream of the position, it seems that Lianfang is above the top, the mayor of Tokyo is not within her consideration, it seems that the only thing that can enter her eyes is the position of prime minister.
This move of LianFang can make the then Prime Minister Abe Shinzo headache, on the ability, on the support rate Ofan Fang is not under her, if Lian Fang really participates in the election, then his prime ministership is really in danger.
The most interesting one was when Shinzo Abe misread a word in his policy speech, and Lotus grabbed his pigtails and demanded that he correct it in time. Immediately, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe misread the topic of misreading the internet, netizens have complained that they can read it wrong according to the script, and Abe's literary literacy is also low enough. Fortunately, he was not allowed to write his own speech, otherwise it would not be full of loopholes. As the prime minister of Japan, he represents the image of the whole country, and at the same time reading typos is irresponsible to the audience. This New Year's vignette caused a lot of public opinion in Japan, but we watched the fire from the other side, and we were very happy to watch, and the New Year festival had gossip that we could chat about together.
Abe's headache is not only the woman of Lotus, but the other is not his fierce enemy, but his close associate, Inada Tomomi. Tomomi Inada has been in charge of defense for less than a year, and the face of Abe's cabinet has been thrown away by her. In order to maintain his political power, Abe had to abandon the car to protect the rice fields and take the rice fields bitterly. But just when Abe hesitated, Inada actually offered to resign, and Inada's move can be said to avoid the situation that made Abe difficult to ride a tiger, and as Abe's confidant, he finally did not forget to help Abe.
As a leader in Japanese politics, Lianfang's career has basically reached its peak, so there is no way to make further progress and can only regress.
Lianfang's Chinese identity has always been an invisible time bomb, and the Japanese people were greatly disappointed after the spread of Lianfang's identity of retaining a Taiwanese household registration. Especially after she was successfully elected as the head of the DPP, how could such an important position be held by a Chinese? Will she be a spy sent by the Taiwan side? A series of news questioning her flooded in, and Lianfang's public opinion support rate instantly fell to the bottom.
LianFang had publicly stated that she supported the one-China principle, and Lianfang was not a fool, she knew what this sentence would bring to her career in Japanese politics, but she was only a means of preserving herself. She can't change her Chinese ancestry, even her children have Chinese ancestry in their bodies, and once she really wants to leave Japan one day, Taiwan is her only place to go, so she just wants to leave herself another way back.
The relations between Japan and Taiwan are also extremely complicated, and the Japanese authorities have always adopted a tacit attitude toward the one-China policy. However, some DPP members still have a pro-Taiwan attitude, they have always been committed to maintaining relations with the Taiwan side, and Taiwan has always wanted to rely on the help of the United States and Japan to gain independence at an early date, so it only grasps the olive branch given by Japan. Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party's Tsai Ing-wen is even more close to Lotus Fang, she thinks she has hugged Japan's thighs, but what she doesn't know is that Japan is just using them, whether Taiwan can be independent of Japan does not matter, once Japan's interests are affected, they will not hesitate to abandon Taiwan.
When you hear these words, you may think that she is still patriotic, then you are too naïve, she grew up in Japan, Japan is her home, and the Chinese bloodline is just a cover. She is a politician, and the only thing that a politician sees is interests, and just when Chinese lamented that she actually supported one country, two systems, she turned around and said that the Diaoyu Islands belonged to Japan, so it can be seen that everything she did was simply for her own interests.
Because of these rumors, Lianfang has completely lost the hearts and minds of the DPP, and the position of mayor of Tokyo, which was supposed to be a sure winner, has also been lost, and she has switched to the camp of the Democratic Party, which is a dead opponent, when the DPP cannot continue.
At this point, she lost not only the support of the DPP, but also a good hand that could have been expected to be elected prime minister. Her political career in this life can be described as a typical high and low, but who can blame all this? Every step was her own choice.
In fact, everyone is an egoist, and there is nothing wrong with seeking benefits for herself, but As a politician, LianFang still bears heavier responsibilities than others. Her every sentence, every action, will be infinitely magnified and interpreted. Lianfang herself is constantly fighting between "after all I am a woman" and "because I am a woman", regardless of whether Lianfang may become the prime minister of Japan in the future, but she is absolutely successful as an extraordinary female representative.