【Text/Observer Network Zhang Zhaodong】
"Thanks to the warming climate, Hokkaido's rice has become delicious."
According to Japan's "Asahi Shimbun" reported on October 25, Taro Aso, former Prime Minister of Japan and vice president of the Liberal Democratic Party, recently made a big speech to beautify global warming, causing many Japanese netizens to be angry.
Screenshot of the report
Taro Aso gave a street speech in Otaru, Hokkaido on the 25th to solicit votes for the house election candidates.
Taro Aso said in front of a crowd of voters: "Speaking of global warming, it is all negative news, but thanks to the warming climate, Hokkaido's rice will become delicious, right?" Wasn't rice in Hokkaido known as 'rice of troublesome roads' in the past? But now it's 'Koshimimi', and although the name sounds weird, it bears the name 'Kozuki' (a Hokkaido specialty rice brand), wins a gold medal, and exports it to the outside world. ”
Taro Aso then explains how warming has made Hokkaido's rice better, "The temperature of rice rising by 2 degrees Celsius when it blossoms and bears fruit can make rice sell." Isn't that the reality of today when rice is delicious and can still be exported? ”
The Tokyo Shimbun reported that the LDP has pledged to maintain stable rice prices in order to gain support from rice farmers in the House of Representatives elections.
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Aso's fallacy has attracted criticism from many Japanese netizens.
"LDP Vice President Taro Aso is grossly unaware of the fact that climate change is a major threat to human security... I hope that When Aso is suffering from meteorological disasters in the Japanese archipelago, he will be able to protect the lives and property of his citizens, and then say things like "thanks to global warming.". ”
"I hope you will consider your position and study rice breeding and global warming before speaking."
"Instead of praising the efforts of farmers, we affirm global warming." Please be cautious about those lies that go against the trend of the world and have a negative impact on national interests. ”
"The reason why Japan is negative about renewable energy and indifferent to policies to deal with global warming is because there are politicians at the center of the regime."
"So it's best to retire, and people like Aso and Abe don't say anything so they don't reduce their votes."
Taro Aso, 81, served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2008 to 2009 and previously served as Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister in shinzo Abe's administration. Known for his "big mouth," he has been repeatedly attacked for making absurd and controversial remarks before the fallacy of "thanks to global warming."
In 2017, he said at an internal seminar in Japan's Liberal Democratic Party that Hitler's massacre of millions of Jews was "rightly motivated." He said: "As a politician, you don't ask about motives, what matters is the result. No matter how rightly motivated, Hitler, who killed millions of people, ultimately failed. ”
Left: Taro Aso, Right: Shinzo Abe, Source: Network
During the 2018 U.S.-North Korea summit, Aso Taro publicly ridiculed the old Russian-made "Il-62" plane on which North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was riding, saying: "I hope that the dilapidated North Korean plane can arrive in Singapore safely, and if it crashes halfway, there will be no talking." ”
Not only did he taunt others, But Taro Aso was equally rude when he went dark. Speaking about the LDP's 2012 presidential election to return to power, he said: "Is it better to choose people with dark hearts? Or is it better to choose people with bad minds? In the end, it is the most suitable person with a black belly. ”
When Japan decided to discharge Fukushima nuclear wastewater into the Pacific Ocean in the first half of this year, Taro Aso made a fallacy that "it is okay to drink nuclear wastewater." Zhao Lijian, a spokesman for Our Foreign Ministry, responded at the time, saying, "The Pacific Ocean is not Japan's sewer!" Ask him to drink it and say it again. ”
In addition, Aso Taro also made inappropriate remarks on Taiwan-related issues. In July, Taro Aso shouted that if the Chinese mainland use force against Taiwan, it is likely to cause an "existential crisis" for Japan, and Japan may then exercise its right of collective self-defense to "defend Taiwan" with the United States.
In response to this remark, Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said that Aso's remarks are extremely wrong and dangerous, and the Chinese side is strongly dissatisfied with and resolutely opposed to this remark, and has lodged a solemn protest with the Japanese side.
Zhao Lijian pointed out that Japanese militarism has committed uncountable crimes of aggression against China, and some politicians still have a deep attachment to Taiwan, which fully exposes that they have not profoundly learned the lessons of history.
Zhao Lijian also stressed: Today's China is no longer the China of that year, and we will never allow any country to meddle in the Taiwan issue in any way. No one should underestimate the strong determination, firm will and strong ability of the Chinese people to defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity.
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