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Former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama slapped on Shinzo Abe’s face for his rightist actions against neighboring China and South Korea.
Hatoyama gave a speech to the students of the City University of Hong Kong on Wednesday, after receiving the honorary doctoral degree of law of the university.
During the speech, Hatoyama more than once apologized for “not reaching a good relationship with China.
In response to the recent provocative acts of the incumbent Japanese government, such as the war of words concerning the Diaoyu Island spat and the large number of cabinet officials visiting the Yasukuni Shrine, Hatoyama said he was “embarrassed by these actions and words.
Citing the Cairo Declaration, he said Japan should return the territories snatched from China starting from the Qing dynasty.
But he admitted that it’s difficult to untie the knot, especially when Japan tends to resolve it with its “big brother U.S. instead of China per se.
He said, with no disguise, that one of the main reasons of his short term of office in as the prime minister was due to the pressure from the U.S.
He said the Japanese bureaucrats deny listening to different voices, especially those which could be harmful to Japan. Meanwhile, Japan always shows consideration of the U.S. in diplomatic policies.
Hatoyama said Japan must take responsibilities of their own policies, to be independent from any other countries, and move on as a respectful state.
Apart from recent rows, Hatoyama, who said he was “determined to improve relations between Japan and China, also stressed that “it is my duty to apologize for even one Chinese civilian being killed brutally by Japanese soldiers during war, and “spread the doctrine of non-militarism in the world.
He urged the Abe administration to face to the history, and restore the sour relations with neighboring countries, not only China, but also South Korea and the likes.
“A leader who brings greatness…welcomes criticism, he added.
If Abe still turn a blind eye to the true history, Hatoyama “worries that this will isolate Japan.
As first proposer of the concept of the “East Asian Community (EAC), Hatoyama said EAC should be an open and flexible platform, welcoming countries sharing same values to enter.
He said albeit disparity exists, Japan can try to work with other countries in energy generation.
He raised the example of Inner Mongolia, where use of solar energy has been well-fledged. If such energies or technology can be transmitted to radiation-torn Japan, it would be a good starting point to the progress of EAC.
