Yoshihide Suga's policy speech again talks about relations with China: stable Japan-China relations are important to the region and the international community

  [Global Times reporter Cheng Kai and Sun Peng] According to a report by the Nikkei on the 18th, Japan’s 204th regular parliament opened on the same day. Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga delivered a policy speech at the parliament. The statement on diplomatic security and anti-epidemic policies was affected. Japanese media has paid wide attention.

The picture shows the Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga.

  In terms of diplomatic security, Yoshihide Suga first stated that this year Japan will become the rotating chairman of the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and will lead discussions on the steady implementation and expansion of the CPTPP.

He emphasized that the Japanese government is determined to exert leadership in formulating an international order in the "post-epidemic" era.

Regarding the upcoming US Biden administration, Yoshihide Suga emphasized, “The Japan-U.S. alliance is the foundation of my country’s diplomatic security and the foundation of freedom, peace and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region and the international community. I hope to meet with Biden as soon as possible. Further strengthen the Japan-US alliance." In addition, Yoshihide Suga also expressed that it will strengthen Japan-US cooperation on issues such as climate change.

  When talking about the attention-grabbing Japan-China relations, Yoshihide Suga believes that "stable Japan-China relations are important to the region and the international community."

He also emphasized, "Although there are various unresolved issues between Japan and China, we hope to make full use of opportunities for high-level exchanges, adhere to our propositions, and strongly demand concrete actions to jointly resolve common issues."

  How to better prevent and control the new crown pneumonia epidemic is the main issue currently facing Japan. Suga Yoshihide expressed his hope that a society that can be filled with peace of mind can be realized.

Suga Yoshihide proposed that Japan will start vaccination against the new crown in late February.

According to a report on the Japanese NHK TV website on the 18th, as of that day, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in Japan has exceeded 330,000, and the death toll has exceeded 4,500.

  The Japanese media noticed that Yoshihide Suga’s “confidence-reported” speech delivered in the interim parliament in the fall of October 2020, as well as the policy speech delivered in the regular parliament this time, all talked about Japan-China relations, but the two speeches represented The meaning of is still different. The Nihon Keizai Shimbun stated on the 18th that the "confidence indicated" speech was mainly delivered by the prime minister when the interim or special assembly was convened. The content of the speech mainly expressed the prime minister's personal views. The policy speeches are delivered on the occasion of the annual Congress meeting, and mainly reflect the cabinet policy. Therefore, some people believe that the policy speech made by Yoshihide Suga shows that the cabinet of Suga will seek to establish stable Japan-China relations in the future. Japan’s Fuji News website on the 18th compared Suga Yoshihide’s two speeches concerning Japan-China relations and found that the policy speech has added "Various unresolved issues between Japan and China" and "strong demand for specific actions." "And so on. According to the report, how Suga Yoshihide and Toshihiro Nikai, secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party, who has extensive contacts in China, deal with relations with China will attract much attention.