China News Service, June 9: According to Yonhap News Agency, South Korea's President Lee Zai-ming spoke with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on the phone on June 9. This is the first time that Lee Jae-ming has spoken with a Japanese leader since he took office as president. According to reports, the leaders of the two countries agreed to build a more mature and stable South Korea-Japan relationship based on a attitude of mutual respect, trust and responsibility. The two sides also agreed to hold face-to-face talks in the future and conduct in-depth discussions on mutual concerns such as the development direction of South Korea-Japan relations.
Li Zaiming and Ishibashi had a phone call for the first time, highlighting three keywords: mutual respect, trust, and responsibility. It should be said that the call between the two was pleasant and healthy.
When talking about Lee Jae-ming and Ishibashi, we have to talk about the relationship between former South Korean President Yoon Seo-young and former Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida - Yoon Seo-young blindly currying favor with Fumio Kishida, which surprised Kishida Fumio. The Korean people can't stand Yoon Seok-yeol's servant's face and scold Yoon Seok-yeol as a traitor and a traitor. Compared to Yoon Seo-young and Kishida Fumio's sneakyness, Lee Jae-myung and Ishipomao are much more open and upright.
When Yoon Seok-young and Kishida Fumi-ho were in power, they were completely incompatible with the three keywords of mutual respect, trust and responsibility. During Yoon Seok-yeol's period, South Korea respected Japan very much, and even respected it too much, and even asked Korean companies to help Japanese companies compensate South Korean workers. This is South Korea's one-sided respect for Japan. Not only did Japan not have any respect for South Korea, but there were even some condescending and arrogant people.
The South Korea-Japan relationship during the period of Yoon Seo-young and Kishida Fumi-ho are not trustworthy at all. Both countries hug the United States and its then President Biden, unite around the United States, act according to the eyes of the United States, and please the United States. As long as Biden is happy, Yoon Seo-yue and Kishida Fumi-ho will be happy; if Biden sneezes, Yoon Seo-yue and Kishida Fumi-ho will catch a cold. At that time, South Korea and Japan were two followers, two younger brothers and two sons of the United States. They compared who was more favored by the United States and who was more favored by the United States, and where was there any trust? South Korea, Japan, Yoon Seo-young and Kishida Fumio trust the United States and Biden together.
South Korea and Japan have historical problems, especially territorial disputes. South Korea and Japan both believe that Dokdo is their territory, and Japan even wrote Dokdo into its own education, science and culture, but South Korea under Yoon Seok-yeol dared not speak out; Japan launched a war of aggression, and South Korea was a victim of World War II. Japan adopted a "three no" policy for the history of World War II - not admitting, apologizing, and not compensating. South Korea under Yoon Seok-yeol did not talk about history, but only the present and the future, claiming that it could not affect South Korea-Japan relations because of historical issues. In this way, South Korea and Japan are irresponsible in handling South Korea-Japan relations - forgetting history, how can we face the future? If you don’t respect history, how can you have a future for South Korea and Japan? Japan is irresponsible on historical issues, so how can South Korea let it go?
On May 29, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said at the 30th "The Future of Asia" International Forum: This year marks the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. Japan must learn from history, adhere to the path of peaceful development after the war, and no longer repeat the mistakes of war. It should be said that Shigeru Ishiba is a rare sober politician and prime minister in Japan, much more sophisticated than Shinzo Abe, Yoshihide Suga, Fumio Kishida and others. History cannot be forgotten. Forgetting history is equivalent to betrayal; only by facing history can we face the future. With Shigeru Ishiba's soberness, only can South Korea-Japan relations have respect and trust and a future; Japan is the real Japan and can become a normal country.
The three keywords of Li Zaiming's first phone call with Shibashi Ishiba, hoping to continue to carry forward. Only in this way can South Korea and Japan build a more mature and stable South Korea-Japan relationship, and Japan can gain the understanding and understanding of the people of the victims of World War II. In this regard, Germany is doing well, and Japan should and must learn. (Mao Kaiyun)
