Contents included in the U.S. released data, not in the data from the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs
‘Comfort Women’s Compensation Judgment’ intentional rebellion?
Consensus on the strengthening of the US-Japan alliance and cooperation to realize the Indo-Pacific
Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu. Tokyo = AP Yonhap News
After the inauguration of the US administration, Joe Biden, the head of diplomatic relations between the United States and Japan, held the first telephone conference on the 27th, emphasizing strengthening the alliance between the two countries. However, there are observations that the Japanese government has omitted the’importance of trilateral cooperation between Korea and the United States and Japan’ discussed in the two-sided calls, reflecting the dissatisfaction heightened by the recent judgment of the Korean judiciary in compensation for victims of comfort women.
Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu held a telephone conference with US Secretary of State Tony Blincoln for about 30 minutes on the morning of the morning. The two ministers agreed to cooperate closely in coping with local and international social issues, such as strengthening the US-Japan alliance in the currency and cooperation to realize the’free and open Indo-Pacific’ that Japan has advocated.
Minister Motegi told Secretary Blincoln that the Biden administration confirmed that the Senkaku Islands (Chinese name Diaoyudao), which is having a sovereignty conflict with Japan and China, is subject to Article 5 of the US-Japan Security Treaty, which regulates the U.S. defense obligations in Japan. I expressed my gratitude for it. Accordingly, Secretary Blincoln stated that the US diplomatic and security policy toward Japan has not changed. Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide confirmed the same content at a telephone conference shortly after President Biden’s election in November last year.
At a press conference after the meeting, Secretary Motegi explained that he gained the US’s understanding and support regarding the North Korean abduction issue. In addition, he added that he decided to exchange opinions on regional situations in China, North Korea, and South Korea, and to cooperate not only with the United States and Japan, but also with countries like Australia and India on the challenges facing the local and international community.
Regarding the phone conference, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the two ministers agreed to respond to common issues of the international community, such as countermeasures against the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) and climate change, and to reactivate the G7 framework (the G7 framework). .
However, in the announcement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, mention of the importance of Korea-US-Japan cooperation was omitted. According to data released by the US State Department, “Minister Blincoln (in a call with Secretary Motegi) emphasized the importance of continued cooperation between the United States, Japan and South Korea.” Minister Blincoln also mentioned Korea-U.S.-Japan cooperation in a telephone conference with Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-hwa.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs explained that this was not intentional. An official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, “The data released by the U.S. and Japan are different in terms of the word,” and stated that it was the result of putting the contents that the two countries value each other according to their perspectives in the press release. Accordingly, there are observations that the Japanese government reflects the dissatisfaction with the Korean judiciary’s ruling, which admitted to the Japanese government to compensate the victims of comfort women in the Japanese military.
Tokyo= Kim Hoe-kyung Correspondent [email protected]
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