Asked what his country was doing militarily to contain China’s hegemonic ambitions, Kishida Fumio said that “what must be prioritised is proactive diplomacy”
used to fret that America took the threat from China too coolly. Even after Chinese and Japanese ships clashed over the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands a decade ago, American leaders pursued engagement. “We warned the,” a former Japanese ambassador once grumbled to Banyan.
Japanese parliamentarians are also showing restraint. The Diet has nothing resembling the belligerent China Select Committee in America’s House of Representatives. Japan’s parliament has a longstanding Japan-China Parliamentary Friendship Association—which this week named Nikai Toshihiro as its head. An ageing kingmaker, he is best known for his close ties to Beijing.
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