According to CCTV's military Weibo, on April 10, local time, U.S. President Joe Biden held a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. A joint statement from the leaders of the United States and Japan released by the White House said the two countries aim to build a global security partnership that is "fit for purpose." The U.S. side stressed its unwavering commitment to defend Japan with all capabilities, including nuclear weapons.
According to CCTV Chinese International, Reuters reported that the joint statement issued by the leaders of the United States and Japan said that the goal of the two countries is to build a global security partnership that "fits purpose" to address complex and interconnected challenges. After the meeting, Biden described "this as the most important upgrade of the U.S.-Japan alliance since its inception."
According to CCTV News, Japanese experts said that Japan's foreign and security policy is further moving closer to that of the United States, which will bring destabilizing factors to the regional situation.
Sun Qixiang, director of the Institute of East Asian Community Studies in Japan: In the future, Japan and the United States plan to strengthen their alliance at the operational and strategic levels, which is a very dangerous situation. For Japan, for South Korea, once it gets into a military conflict, it will also suffer losses itself. But for the United States, even if there is a military conflict in East Asia, the American mainland will not be affected. Therefore, it is beneficial for the United States to get Japan and South Korea to act and create regional tensions.
Sun pointed out that it is not advisable for Japan to follow in the footsteps of the United States. As a member of the East Asian region, Japan should steadily develop stable and peaceful relations with China and other neighboring countries in the fields of security and economy.
Sun Qixiang, director of the Institute of East Asian Community Studies in Japan: The US strategy is dangerous, and Japan's cooperation with the United States will only make Japan's security situation more dangerous than it is now. It is in Japan's interest to develop and maintain close relations with China.
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According to CCTV News, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited the United States on April 8. Fumio Kishida has said that this visit to the United States will promote further cooperation between Japan and the United States in military and other fields. On the evening of April 9, local time, the Japanese people held rallies and demonstrations to oppose the Japanese government's military expansion, believing that Japan did not reflect on history, but tried to strengthen the Japan-US alliance, which was the point of no return to war.
Local student: I think this is a war heading for war, and this meeting is also a "war meeting" to promote the integration of Japan's Self-Defense Forces and the U.S. forces stationed in Japan. As a Japanese student, I had to voice my opposition.
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Local residents: Japan launched wars of aggression against many Asian countries in World War II. If we reflect on history, we will feel that the Kishida administration's current promotion of the Japan-US alliance is once again on the road to war.
Japanese lawyer Toshiyoshi Takayama: I feel that we are getting closer and closer to war, to the outbreak of an aggressive war, and this is something that the Japanese people absolutely cannot tolerate no matter what. Looking back on our history, I feel that we are stepping on, or rather on, a dangerous path that we must never step into.
Source: National Business Daily B51