[contributed]Worsening relation with China and S.Korea
Japan has apologized over and over again and made many reparations to the victim countries after the war. The problem is that some govts of these countries have not only not informed the public about these facts but have also provided their people with terrible anti-Japan educations for a long time. Therefore, no matter how much Japan shows its sincerity, it couldn't establish better relations with them. Actually, it was only in 2005 that the South Korean people knew about Japan- Republic of Korea Basic Relations Treaty of 1965, 40 years after of the conclusion of the treaty!, in which the two countries came to important arrangements about postwar reparations, and Japan promised to offer huge money to S.K, roughly 1.5 times the national budget of S.K at that time. Later, S.K govt had received it without telling its people.
If Japan seems to have take a tougher line to these countries recently it might be because the Japanese govt is gradually begining to doubt whether these countries really are worthy of its confidence?, they really can follow the international rules? For example, nonsensically, the number of Nanjing Massacre's victims that China releases are increasing substantially every year. It is said that in Southe.Korea parents have taught their children "You do anything wrong for beating Japanese" or if Japan remarks against their will a bit, their govt incite a riot against Japan and sometimes makes its people destroy Japanese company buildings in the country and doesn't try to make any compensation for their enormous loss. I wonder why such violence could be allowed in the international community these days? I dare say, instead the international community finds endless fault with Japan's wron-doing 70 years ago, it should criticize China's violence directed against Japan,Tibet, Uighur, Vietnam and Philippines NOW.
( M.K, Tokyo)
