SYDNEY, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) — Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s misguided remarks on China’s Taiwan are very destabilizing and undermine the safety of your complete area, Australian Citizens Party’s National Chairman Robert Barwick has mentioned.
“One of the cornerstones of regional security since World War II has been Japan’s pacifist constitution, which Takaichi has a long record of trying to water down, and has continued trying to do so as prime minister,” Barwick instructed Xinhua in a current interview.
On prime of that, Takaichi has proven her sympathy for the Japanese struggle criminals who dedicated atrocities in opposition to Chinese, Koreans, Australians and others in World War II, Barwick mentioned.
“Her statement is therefore very destabilizing to regional security,” he mentioned, including that it “undermines both Japan’s security, and the security of the entire region.”
Takaichi mentioned on Nov. 7 throughout a Diet session that the Chinese mainland’s “use of force on Taiwan” might represent a “survival-threatening situation” for Japan and implied the potential of armed intervention within the Taiwan Strait.
“Japan has an established record of claiming its aggression was self-defence,” Barwick mentioned, citing the Sept. 18 Incident in 1931 as one instance — throughout which Japanese troopers launched a false-flag assault in opposition to a railway observe in northeast China, used it as a pretext to say they had been below risk, and invaded China.
“This led to horrific atrocities against civilians, such as the biological warfare experiments on humans perpetrated by the infamous Unit 731,” he mentioned.
Barwick mentioned right-wing nationalism and militarism are rising in Japan. “In this climate, economic relations would be severely damaged, undermining regional cooperation and development,” he added.
Given Australia’s personal historical past with Japan, which bombed Darwin and Townsville in World War II, and dedicated atrocities in opposition to Australian prisoners of struggle, Barwick mentioned Australia must also be alarmed by Takaichi’s rhetoric and denial of Japanese atrocities.