Following the US military attack on Venezuela, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is faced with a difficult decision: whether to support President Trump's decision. While there are suspicions that the attack violates international law, criticizing it could strain the alliance. She plans to wait and see how the G7 countries respond before making a statement. On the 3rd, the government established a liaison office within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to ensure the protection of Japanese nationals.
In a statement released in January last year, the G7 foreign ministers, including Japan, criticized Venezuelan President Maduro for "lacking democratic legitimacy." However, there are concerns that condoning this military attack could send the wrong message to Russia, which continues its invasion of Ukraine, and China, which is strengthening its maritime presence in the East and South China Seas, that "it is OK to ignore international law."
Since taking office, the prime minister has worked hard to build a personal relationship of trust with Trump. In their phone conversation on the 2nd, he demonstrated his support for Trump by expressing his respect for his diplomatic efforts to achieve peace in Ukraine, the Middle East, and other parts of the world.
A senior Foreign Ministry official explained, "Until now, Japan has asserted its sovereignty and territorial integrity based on the rule of law. We must consider how to express Japan's position from the perspectives of both international law and Japan-U.S. relations."
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It’s not difficult she just won’t say anything bad about the US.
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Maybe they can pretend they didn’t see it
pretending to have a choice
She will say the US ignores the BAD international law, while Russia does the same with the law that everybody and their mother love.
Lol, difficult challenge?
They will support trump without doubt
Trying to be on the “moral high ground” when your side is actually a barell of shit with current and historical lies must be one of the most highly stated olympic disciplines.
But Russia did it first /s
Even if they publicly condemn it they 100% it in secret. Especially now that they have an idea of the current efficacy of the US military when are need to protect force in the pacific
China must be pissed. They were trying to put venezuela in their corner. And now the chinese will think twice doing anything stupid in Asia
What’s difficult? MoFA has three typical responses to international crises:
深く憂慮しており (concern); 大変遺憾です (regret), and 強く非難する (condemnation)
The last is typically used only for enemies of the USA. When the USA is doing its usual heavy-handed militarism it will be ‘concern’, but in cases like this when they do something truly breaching all international norms, it will rise to ‘regret’. Of course they will add a caveat like “but we understand the necessity” just to make sure they don’t get a slap on the nose.
She has no experience so it’s best to wait for the response of G7 nations.
She won’t want to make another remark not called for
“Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is faced with a difficult decisi–”
Sanae Takaichi: (tck) 👉😎👉baaased~
“….Well, I suppose some questions have easier answers than others.”