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On the same day, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida made only two words related to South Korea in his speech of about 6,900 characters, but the South Korean government also revealed only the original position in such statements.
A diplomatic official said on this day about Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's speech, saying, "To seek a solution to the pending issues between the two countries, we will both focus our wisdom and strengthen real cooperation in various fields. We must work together."
In response to the statement by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who first requested the South Korean side to respond "to return to a healthy relationship again," he drew a line that Japan and South Korea's past problems must be resolved jointly.
Prior to this, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said in the diplomatic and security part of his statement of belief that "Korea is an important neighbor. It is appropriate for the South Korean side based on our consistent position to return to a healthy relationship. I strongly demand that you take appropriate measures."
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's speech has been evaluated as following the tone of the Japanese side. Concerns have also been raised that the blockage between the two countries may have become stronger, such as the removal of "very" from the expression "very important neighbor" that Japan has used to refer to South Korea.
In particular, the speech was about 6900 characters long, but there are opinions that it may be difficult to expect an improvement in Japan-South Korea relations, as the reference to South Korea was only two sentences.
2021/10/11 21:29 KST
