photo: AFPBB
U.S. Secretary of State et al Lay Flowers at Chidorigafuchi Cemetery
– Easy-to-Understand Commentary of Mr. Naoto Amaki –
Mr. Naoto Amaki has given an easy-to-understand commentary.
I have kept saying since the start of the
Abe administration that the administration has to cut off a relationship with
Japan handlers” if it wags its tail at Obama by the reason that it is disliked
by him. However, opportunistic Japan
handlers gave up on David Rockefeller who had lost power, and sold out to the
Jacob Rothschild side. I wonder nobody
understands an ever-changing situation.
To be honest, I am a little surprised at all off-target commentaries.
Masatoshi
Takeshita
October
4, 2013
English translation of a Japanese article: AFPBB
– October 3, 2013 –
U.S.
Secretary of State et al Lay Flowers at Chidorigafuchi Cemetery
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (right)
and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel laying flowers in Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery
at Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo
(Photographed on October 3, 2013 ) ©AFP/POOL/FRANK
ROBICHON
[October 3 AFP] (partial update)
U.S. Secretary of State
John Kerry and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel now in Japan visited the Chidorigafuchi
cemetery for the war dead and laid flowers.
It appears that they warned against Prime Minister Shizo Abe, who had linkened
Yasukuni Shrine to Arlington National Cemetery during a visit to the U.S. in
May.
Secretary of State John Kerry (right) and
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel are now in Japan to attend the Japan- United States Security Consultative Committee by
the foreign ministers and defense ministers (2+2).
A cemetery official told AP the visit had
been instigated by the U.S. and had not come about as a result of a Japanese
invitation and they became the most senior foreign dignitaries to pay their
respects at the cemetery since the Argentinian president in 1979.
U.S. defense officials
told reporters that the cemetery is Japan’s “closest equivalent” to Arlington
National Cemetery and that Kerry and Hagel paid tribute
to the war dead in the same way that “Japanese defense ministers regularly lay
wreaths at Arlington.”
During a visit to the
U.S. in May, Prime Minister Abe told Foreign Affairs
Magazine by citing Arlington National Cemetery in
Virginia as an example that it is quite natural
for a Japanese leader to visit Yasukuni Shrine, a facility where the
souls of those who sacrificed their lives for their country are consoled, and
offer prayer for them. He also said: “I
think this is no different from what other world leaders do.” ©AFP
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English translation of an excerpt of a
Japanese article: BLOG OF AMAKI NAOTO – October 4, 2013 –
Impact
of Laying Flowers at Chidorigafuchi Cemetery by Kerry and Hagel
Prime Minister Abe is the most unfit prime
minister for the Japan-U.S. alliance among successive prime ministers.
The visit of Secretary of State John Kerry
and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has made me realize it is true.
I say so not because the 2+2 consultation
was meaningless.
Whoever may take part in defense
consultations, it must get the same results.
It always results in imposing a burden on
Japan, which is swayed by ever-changing U.S. security policy.
I think that Prime Minister Abe is unfit
for the Japan-U.S. alliance, because I have known that Kerry
and Hagel visited Chidorigafuchi cemetery to lay flowers.
This is a shocking
diplomatic incident.
Prime Minister Abe must have been scared
out of his wits.
They suggest that the place where the U.S.
offers prayer for the war dead is Chidorigafuchi, not Yasukuni Abe thinks of.
They suggest that it is
not Yasukuni but Chidorigafuchi that is an equivalent to Arlington.
This is the utmost
warning against Prime Minister Abe by the U.S.
Prime Minister Abe is
considered to be unfit for the U.S. national interest.
Nevertheless, the prime minister is working
hard to promote a policy obedient to the U.S.
This is the reason I think he is unfit for
the Japan-U.S. alliance.
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