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The Ministry of National Defense publishes the ‘White Paper on Defense 2020’The Japanese government publicly objected to the content of criticizing Japan in the ‘Defense White Paper 2020’ published by the Korean Ministry of Defense on 2.
In particular, the defense white paper describes that defense relations between Korea and Japan suffered difficulties due to the provocation of the Japanese political leaders to Dokdo (claiming sovereignty), the flight of a close threat to Korean ships by patrol planes Japanese in 2018, and The “ Unilateral Press Release Misleading the Facts ” expressed their willingness to protest through diplomatic channels.
Officials from the Japanese Ministry of Defense called the Korean embassy in Japan and said, “We cannot accept it for our country (Japan). We are very sorry,” Kyodo News reported.
At a press conference that day, Ishikawa Takeshi, a Defense Ministry press officer, said: “Content was described that is inconsistent with Korea’s position on Takeshima’s sovereignty (Japan’s claim on Dokdo).” Japan-Korea (Korea-Japan) and Japan-United States-Korea (Korea-United States-Japan) cooperation, including the surrounding situation, is important. We will vigorously demand an appropriate response from the Korean side so as not to damage cooperation. “
It seems somewhat unusual for the Japanese government to express its dissatisfaction with the defense white paper on its own media.
On January 15, 2019, when the “ 2018 Defense White Paper ” was published, Japanese Secretary of State Yoshihide Suga deleted the statement that Korea shares the basic values of liberal democracy and the market economy. with Japan. I have replied: “I will refrain from commenting” on what has been done.
Japanese media assessed that Japan’s expression in the 2020 Defense White Paper was downgraded from a ‘companion’ to a ‘neighboring country’ as a side against the Japanese Defense White Paper published last year.
The Sankei Shimbun reported the day that the technology for Japan in the South Korean defense white paper was “ a partner to cooperate with ” in the 2018 edition, but in the 2020 edition, it was changed to “ a neighboring country to cooperate with. ”
The newspaper analyzed that there appears to be a side against the removal of the phrase “promoting defense cooperation with Korea in a wide range of fields” in the defense white paper published by the Japanese government in July last year.
Reporting the change in Japanese expressions in the Kyodo newspaper’s defense white paper, an official from the Korean Ministry of Defense said: “(The expression for Japan) determined that neighboring countries are valid” due to the measures of the Japanese government. to strengthen export restrictions. to Korea in 2019. He said he explained.
The news agency also mentioned that the expression “ Korea and Japan share basic values of liberal democracy and market economy ” in the 2018 edition of the defense white paper, which was published for the first time since the inauguration of Moon’s government. Jae-in. in 2017, it was also removed.
NNN, a news network of a private Japanese broadcasting company, also reported in a Korean defense white paper that Japan’s expression “was withdrawn” from a partner to a neighboring country.
As with the defense white paper two years ago, the NNN diagnosed North Korea as “appears to be trying to avoid stimulus to North Korea and seek the resumption of inter-Korean dialogue.”
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