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Unlike the United States which emphasizes the “communist threat”, the damage of the Chinese stimulus
Adjust the water level emphasizing the ‘India-Pacific’ advocated by Abe.
The conflict between the US and China deepens, fears that the margin of luck will narrow
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (right) is punching the Prime Minister’s residence in Tokyo on the 6th before a meeting with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Tokyo = Reuters Yonhap News
The Japanese government is struggling with “balanced diplomacy” in the context of the conflict between the United States and China. Unlike the United States, which has established a clear confrontation by discussing the ‘Chinese Communist Party threat’ at the ‘Quadruple’ meeting of foreign ministers held in the United States, Japan, Australia and India, a consultative group held in its own country, is cautious not to repeatedly stimulate China This is the reason to be seen.
In relation to the Quad Foreign Ministers Meeting on the 7th, the Japanese media gave meaning to the meeting of four ministers from Japan, geographically close to China, amid the pandemic (a pandemic) of the new coronavirus infection (Crown 19). Furthermore, although a joint statement was not released, it assessed that it showed solidarity based on the common understanding of “controlling China.”
US Secretary of State Pompeo said the day before that the spread of Corona 19 “the situation got worse because the Communist Party of China concealed it,” and on China’s maritime advance, “Let us cooperate with the four countries to stop the CCP’s exploitation and coercion. ” It was paradoxical. He was constantly spilling new messages in China.
However, the airflow from Japan was somewhat distant. Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu (茂木 敏 充) emphasized the importance of cooperation between the four countries, the backbone of the ‘Free and Open Indo-Pacific’ initiative, but did not specifically mention China. Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide also mentioned the strengthening of the alliance and cooperation between the United States and Japan to carry out the Indo-Pacific Initiative in a meeting with Pompeo.
This is in line with the political stance of the Shinzo Abe regime, which kept China’s expansion in the economic and security area under control, but promoted cooperation with China against trade pressure from the United States. Former Prime Minister Abe proposed the Indo-Pacific Initiative in 2016, but since his visit to China in 2018, he has expressed his intention to cooperate on the one-to-one route (land-sea silk road) initiative.
From the point of view of the Suga regime, stability in China-Japan relations is critical to recovering the economy that was hit by Corona 19. Indeed, Prime Minister Suga is promoting the expansion of trade and investment with China and strengthening cooperation in the tourism sector. When he was cabinet secretary, he tried to attract foreign tourists, including Chinese, by promoting the “tourist entrance.” During the election of the governor of the Liberal Democratic Party, former secretary-president Shigeru Ishiba opposes the idea of a version of NATO in East Asia as an anti-Chinese siege. Taking this into account, if the United States strengthens the confrontational structure against China, the margin of luck in the Suga regime could be reduced.
The United States is poised to expand the public siege by including Korea, Vietnam and New Zealand in the ring. In this regard, Japan has also adjusted the level to a point that highlights the recognition of the international community for its Indo-Pacific initiative. Former deputy director of the Office of National Security Nobukatsu Kanehara, who led official diplomacy in the Abe regime, said: “This is not about besieging China or confronting China, but about stabilizing relations with China.” Emphasized.
Tokyo = Kim Hoe-kyung Correspondent [email protected]
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