Japan's Liberal Democratic Party's high-level personnel arrangements are released, and Taiwan's green media cannot wait to speculate on "pro-Taiwan and anti-China"
Japan's Liberal Democratic Party held an extraordinary general affairs meeting on the 1st to decide on the candidates for the new senior leadership of the Liberal Democratic Party (the "Four Campaigns of the Party"). Taiwan's provincial green media "Liberty Times" and "Minshi News" quickly speculated that the main party and government personnel arrangements for the new president of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party, Kishida Fumio, were released, and in addition to taking into account the factional balance of the four important posts in the Liberal Democratic Party, many major cadres were quite close to former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and their attitude was quite pro-Taiwan, and they were hardliners toward Chinese mainland.
Screenshot of a report by Taiwan's Liberty Times
According to the report, the current personnel arrangements for the LDP's "four party campaigns" have been finalized as secretary general Gan Liming, chairman of the political affairs investigation committee Takashi Sanae, general affairs chairman Tatsuo Fukuda, and election countermeasures committee member Toshiaki Nagato. Taro Aso, who served nine years as Japan's deputy prime minister and finance minister, may be transferred to the LDP's vice president.
According to the report, the chief cabinet secretary was replaced by former Minister of Liberal Arts and Sciences Hiroichi Matsuno of the Hosoda faction, who was closely related to Abe, and was pro-Taiwanist and tough on Chinese mainland. Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, the actual head of the Takeshita faction, is expected to stay in this election, and Minister of Defense Nobuo Kishi, who has recently been unwell, may take a break.
Kishida Fumio's main party, government, and personnel arrangements were released. Synthesized by Taiwan's Liberty Times
The report also said that Gan Liming was a big man of the Aso faction, serving as an adviser to the Kishida camp in the election campaign, Takashi Sanae was a competitor, and supported Kishida in the second round of voting, and Toshiaki Endo was a general of the Tanigaki faction. Tatsuo Fukuda, the president of the General Affairs Bureau, is also a Member of the Hosoda faction, the grandson of former Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda, who became a major member of the "rebel group" of the new generation of parliamentarians in this election, and supported Kono Taro. The appointment of him to the important position of general affairs president has a soothing effect and fulfills Kishida's promise to use the younger generation.
Some politicians in the current Japanese government have recently made frequent moves to try to use the Taiwan issue as a starting point to contain China. The DPP authorities and the island's green media have also tried to take political speculation and curry favor with Japan.
Zhu Fenglian, a spokeswoman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said in September: The Taiwan issue is purely China's internal affair and brooks no foreign interference. Some Japanese politicians have successively made erroneous remarks on the Taiwan issue, and we resolutely oppose them. Japan has a historical debt to the Chinese people on the Taiwan issue, and it is particularly necessary to be cautious in words and deeds. We urge the Japanese side to profoundly reflect on history, immediately correct its mistakes, scrupulously abide by the one-China principle and the spirit of the four Sino-Japanese political documents with practical actions, and stop all erroneous words and deeds related to Taiwan. The DPP authorities' vain attempt to collude with external forces to seek "independence" provocations is doomed to failure.
Just a few days ago, the Japanese government welcomed Taiwan's application to join the CPTPP, and Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on September 23 that we firmly oppose official exchanges between any country and the Taiwan region and resolutely oppose the Taiwan region's accession to any official agreements and organizations.
The spokesman of the Chinese Embassy in Japan also said on the 24th that the Chinese side has taken note of the relevant statements made by the Japanese side, expressed strong dissatisfaction and resolute opposition to this, and has made solemn representations to the Japanese side. The spokesman stressed that the Chinese side urges the Japanese side to abide by the spirit of the four Sino-Japanese political documents with practical actions, keep its commitments on the Taiwan issue, seriously treat China's major concerns, prudently and properly handle the CPTPP's Taiwan-related issues, and avoid further damage to China-Japan relations.
Source: World Wide Web