How did Renfang, the first female minister of Chinese descent in Japanese politics, enter Japanese politics from the Japanese showbiz circle and become a famous Chinese female politician in Japan?
Politics is full of deceit and deceit, how did Lian Fang become a prominent figure in Japanese politics as a Chinese? Japan has never had a female prime minister, nor has there ever been a Chinese prime minister, is it possible for Lian Fang to do this? Today's big guy log will take you to understand the Japanese political strong woman Lotus Fang. New friends can click on the first one, which is convenient for reviewing past periods without missing the wonderful content later.
Murata Lotus
Born in 1967 in Tokyo, Japan, her father Hsieh Tetsu-shin was a Taiwanese who rushed to Japan to study after graduating from high school in Taiwan, and then was admitted to Kyoto Doshisha University, where she stayed in Japan to open a trading company after graduation. Therefore, Xie Lianfang's childhood life has always been worry-free. At that time, Japan was experiencing a rapid take-off after World War II, and Xie Zhexin's business was also doing well. As a child, Xie Lianfang came to live in Taiwan with her parents, and her grandmother Chen Xingcun took her for a while. Here we want to talk about Xie Lianfang's grandmother Chen Xingcun.
Since Taiwan has been invaded by Japan since the end of the Qing Dynasty and Japanese education has been practiced in Taiwan, those Taiwanese vested interests who were loyal to Japan at that time were actually already "Japanese imperial people" in their mentality, and Taiwan did have many descendants of "Japanese imperial people".
Xie Lianfang's grandparents were all Taiwanese, and Chen Xingcun went to Shanghai after the death of her husband, and with excellent communication skills, Chen Xingcun and the japanese high-ranking officials who occupied Shanghai at that time hooked up, thus obtaining the fat difference of the general agent of Shanghai Nanyang Tobacco Company and the general distribution of British American Tobacco Company. Simply put, it was the tobacco monopoly, at that time, the tobacco in the Japanese occupation area was almost all from her hands, so Chen Xingcun, who made a lot of money, actually used his savings to buy two fighters for Japan, and named them "Xingcun No. 1 and No. 2", but after the defeat of Japan, Chen Xingcun escaped the trial, and the family moved to Taiwan to continue to do business with the Japanese.
Therefore, Xie Zhexin actually inherited the family property. Xie's mother, Keiko Saito, is an authentic Japanese who was selected as its cosmetics spokesperson by the famous Japanese cosmetics company Shiseido. Since she was a child, Xie Lianfang has been outstanding in appearance, inheriting her mother's good looks, and it is said that there are always showbiz star scouts to greet Xie Lianfang from childhood to adulthood. But at this time, Xie Lianfang was still under the protection of her family and had no real idea of entering the show business circle.
Until the sudden death of her father Xie Zhexin in 1985, when Xie Lianfang was just 18 years old, with the death of her father, Xie Lianfang also returned to Japan with her mother and obtained Japanese citizenship. At this time, Xie Lianfang was not well known, until she was elected as the endorsement lady of the famous car audio brand Clarin when she was in college in 1988, and she began to get involved in the show business circle. Of course, the water of the showbiz circle is deep, especially the Japanese showbiz, as a college student who does not have a strong family background, Xie Lianfang wants to get ahead in the Japanese showbiz circle can only rely on what?
That's right, her personal ability. Xie Lianfang worked as a spokesperson, acted in TV dramas, and appeared in popular photographs, and then she became the assistant host of the popular Japanese TV show "Super Knight" at that time, often cooperating with the famous director and TV host Takeshi Kitano. At this time, Xie Lianfang was already a little tired of mixing in the show business circle, in 1992, Xie Lianfang successfully transformed from a showbiz to a TV reporter, and once became a news anchor of Asahi TV, this transformation is still relatively large, but it can still be accepted, and then Xie Lianfang's political road is even more surprising.
As a showbiz star, it is really difficult to cross the border to enter politics, how did Xie Lianfang achieve this feat?
In 1993, Xie Lianfang married the Japanese Nobuyuki Murata, and according to the traditional customs of Japan, she was also called Murata Renho. Nobuyuki Murata is a freelance writer who met in 1993 as a script writer and assistant director on a television show hosted by Hsieh. Since her husband was only a writer and was also unable to give Xie Lianfang political support, xie Lianfang could rely on the financial assistance of her grandmother Chen Xingcun and her own personal ability. Since Xie Zhexin's death, Chen Xingcun has transferred his love for his son to his granddaughter, not only supporting Xie Lianfang to enter the show business circle, but also investing a large amount of money to help him realize his desire to become an artist.
In 1995, Xie Lianfang quit her job as a television host and prepared to study in China.
Later, when explaining her choice, Xie Lianfang said: "Unlike the United States, Japanese TV presenters do not have the power to edit the manuscript, and rarely have the opportunity to go out to interview, and stay in the studio all day to read the manuscript." As a news person, if you don't go to the scene, you can't do good news. So I decided to leave, of course, the first thing I thought of was to find my roots, so I chose China to study at the Chinese Language Center of Peking University. ”
From 1995 to 1997, Xie Lianfang and her husband, Nobuyuki Murata, came to China for further study and studied at the Chinese Language Center of Peking University for Chinese two years. During the school vacation, they often traveled to various parts of China, covering Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Sichuan and other places. Later, it was also proved that Xie Lianfang's further study trip to China has a great help for her personal growth and subsequent smooth transformation, from a beautiful girl idol to a TV host to embark on the road to politics, the reason why Xie Lianfang can go smoothly and step by step has a lot to do with Xie Lianfang's positive and enterprising mentality.
In 1997, Xie Lianfang gave birth to a pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses, Xie Lianfang gave two children very Chinese names, the daughter was called "Cuilan", and the son was called "Lin". After having children, Xie Lianfang began to care about children's education problems, and gradually felt that Japan's education problems were serious and could only be solved through politics.
Murata Lotus with children
So Xie Lianfang decided to get involved in Japanese politics
Xie Lianfang pays attention to style, words and deeds, and clothing, and she often gives the impression of being original, shrewd and capable. Because she participated in beauty pageants, worked as a model and TV entertainment host, and after graduating from university, she became a news anchor at TV Asahi, and she not only had strong language skills, but also sharp speech.
Xie Lianfang has become a household name in Japan. After Xie Lianfang decided to enter politics, the Japanese Democratic Party threw an olive branch at him. At that time, as the largest opposition party in Japanese politics, the democratic party supported Xie Lianfang because of her popularity. In particular, Xie Lianfang is a successful professional woman, and after marriage, she has a pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses, which can become a new model for solving Japan's most intractable population aging and low birthrate, so in order to win women's votes, Xie Lianfang was portrayed by the Democratic Party as a "billboard girl".
In 2004, after being strongly recommended by Hito Tezuka of the House of Representatives of the Democratic Party of Japan, Tseresa ran for the House of Representatives in May 2004, and although this was her first time, she was elected to the Tokyo District Diet with more than 920,000 votes, becoming not only a new force in the Democratic Party, but also becoming the first Chinese-American member in the history of the Japanese Diet.
After that, Xie Lianfang repeatedly set off a "whirlwind of lotus boats" in elections, representing the Democratic Party for the Senate three times in a row, and her vote rate has been climbing steadily, from 920,000 votes to 1.71 million votes. Just like Xie Lianfang, who is an election sucker, her position in the Democratic Party has also risen.
The Democratic Party gave Xie a stage to perform, not only giving her the opportunity to show her skills, but also creating opportunities for her to climb the political peak. Xie Lianfang made full use of television program activities, and in front of the camera, Xie Lianfang was selfless, sharply denouncing the bureaucracy of various departments in Japan, and expressing his political views on social issues, which made Xie Lianfang's popularity among the Japanese people soar rapidly.
In 2010, When Renfang was re-elected as a senator with the highest number of votes, a veteran Japanese media personality at the time exclaimed, "Lianfang's popularity is too great, and just 5 minutes after the vote was issued, the sign of election appeared." ”
At the same time, Xie Lianfang often questioned the prime minister in the National Assembly on behalf of the Democratic Party, and made a great contribution to the victory of the Democratic Party in the 2010 general election. Perhaps it is "no general in Shu", Xie Lianfang's Road to Japanese Politics has been smooth, which not only makes her look radiant, but also has a prosperous official fortune. But no one can ignore Xie Lianfang's status as a newcomer in the political arena, and in Japan, which is known for its seniority ranking, even if the Democratic Party of China becomes the ruling party, Xie Lianfang still needs to accumulate his own political capital.
In 2010, in Suga's cabinet, Hsieh served as "Minister of Administrative Refresh, becoming the first Chinese Minister of State in Japanese history, during which time she vigorously promoted the reform of the administrative system and gained valuable political capital.
In March 2016, when the former Democratic Party of Japan and the Restoration Party merged and changed its name to the Democratic Progressive Party, Xie Lianfang, who had previously become the vice chairman of the Democratic Party of Japan, was now only one step away from becoming the leader of the entire party. On September 15, 2016, Xie Lianfang became the head of the Democratic Progressive Party of Japan.
The reason why Xie Lianfang became the leader of the DPP is also to hope that she can lead the DPP to make a comeback, and can she lead the DPP to win the general election again with lianfang's super popular performance in Japanese politics, such as "sucking the ticket machine and the constant victory army"? It turns out that this is not an easy thing to do.
On July 27, 2017, Xie Lianfang resigned as the head of the Democratic Progressive Party in Japan. In fact, there are also questions and attacks on Xie Lianfang's identity in Japan, such as the issue of nationality. In response to such accusations, Xie Lianfang claimed the "one-China principle" and once again denied the question of the so-called "dual nationality". Xie Lianfang said that the Japanese government does not recognize Taiwan as a so-called "country" and that there is only one China in the world, so based on this view, Xie Lianfang does not have the problem of "dual nationality". As for Xie Lianfang's speech, some people in Taiwan who had previously touted Xie Lianfang as a "daughter of Taiwan" with ulterior motives scolded Xie Lianfang with a bloody head.
This is because Xie Lianfang, as a typical descendant of Taiwan's naturalized "imperial people", later became popular in Japanese politics, so Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party simply loved her too much. Recently, Tsai Ing-wen, who jumped to her feet because she could not sell pineapples, once said that Xie Lianfang was "our daughter of Taiwan," which is a kind "daughter of Taiwan," but when Xie Lianfang was running for the head of the Democratic Progressive Party, in response to the nationality controversy, she once again stressed that she was a Japanese, and according to the "one-China principle," she believed that Taiwan was not a country. Xie Lianfang's words were certainly correct.
She is indeed Japanese, and Japan does not see Taiwan as a country. But from this incident, we can also see that Xie Lianfang's Chinese identity will not bring an advantage to her political career, but on the contrary, it will lead to many disputes. During her study in China, Xie Lianfang saw China's rise with her own eyes and was more cautious about national issues.
China is gradually becoming stronger, and this has only caused panic in Japan, so even if it acquires Japanese citizenship, Japan still does not treat Chinese people equally. If Xie Lianfang is not "Japanese" enough, she will face overwhelming pressure. This is particularly evident in the Diaoyu Islands incident. In 2010, Xie Lianfang said that there was a dispute over the sovereignty of the Diaoyu Islands, and she was immediately criticized in Japan, and Xie Lianfang later changed her mouth to declare that the Diaoyu Islands were Japanese territory in an interview with the media to calm public opinion. What do you think about that?
After Xie Lianfang resigned as the head of the Democratic Progressive Party in Japan in 2017, she ushered in her own political trough, and she was far from the position of Japanese prime minister. Known as the "Japanese Hillary", Lotus, her political path is undoubtedly more difficult than Hillary Clinton's.
Hillary
Hillary Clinton lost the US presidential election, but Xie Lianfang was simply unable to run for the position of Japanese prime minister, because the actual environment in Japan did not allow her to easily break through the existing "glass ceiling". This is reflected in Xie Lianfang's surname change.
From a Chinese the daughter of the Xie family became a naturalized Japanese, after the death of Xie Zhexin, Xie Lianfang used her mother's surname to naturalize in Japan and changed her name to Saito Lotus, and later after marriage, she used her husband's surname to change to Murata Lotus, and after entering politics, in order to highlight the image, she has always used the name of Lotus As the name of an officially registered member of the Diet. In August 2020, Xie Lianfang confirmed her divorce with her husband and submitted an application to change her name from "Murata Lotus" back to "Saito Lotus", as for that Xie's surname, it seems that it has long been forgotten and no one has mentioned it again.
Therefore, Xie Lianfang's ability to show her fists in japanese politics is purely her personal gathering, her personal ability, efforts, and opportunities. Therefore, we can neither regard the Chinese of other countries as our own people, nor can we say that they are traitors. After all, their nationality is not Chinese.
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