Ishiba calls for finding common ground ahead of key meeting with China and South Korea

Ishiba said Friday that cooperation among the three countries will serve their national interest and regional and global peace.

He's absolutely spot on. These 3 need to build strong relationships to ensure this region is secure, prosperous and more independent.

Regardless of the outcome. China will do whatever it likes.

The common ground is easy, All three detest Trump Tariffs. So all three should sell off all of their USA Treasures and quickly. That will definitely be a haemorrhoid in Trump second term in office. LOL.

Sir go into the meeting with respect and being humble as Japan has already been eclipsed by China. Their economy is booming. Their citizens making more and more. And they travel. Japan is stagnant and the people can’t even afford rice let alone travel. Know your place and you’re going to get some scraps.

As ever, fine to talk but never fall for the CCP lies and false promises.

South Korea's political instability is also a big concern. If the DPK gets in (and particularly if Lee Jae-myung manages to stay out of jail), SK will become relatively pro-North Korea/China and anti-Japan, and we will likely return to the terrible relations we saw under Moon.

But luckily, compared to Moon's time, I think the Korean people see through the DPK's baseless anti-Japan rhetoric much better, and they trust China and North Korea far less.

In fact, South Korea often has the world's most negative view of China when polled:

https://www.businesskorea.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=106840

Rather than argue about who owns which island, I think that this time, all 3 nations should concentrate on the Menace in DC, and how to deal with him. Trump and his Ambassadors could make life miserable for them, so China, Japan, SK, show them what your combined skills can do.

South Korea and Japan are American stooges and China isn't.

It is in China's interest to impose the Chinese world onto both countries and unbrainwash them from colonialism.

DeeZeeToday 09:59 am JST

It is in China's interest to impose the Chinese world onto both countries

But certainly not in Japan's or South Korea's interest.

Or anyone else's, for that matter.

But certainly not in Japan's or South Korea's interest.

Another desperate attempt of the representatives of the US big industrial military complex to keep Japan as a client state: cognitive warfare being waged by Washington, designed to mobilize anger and dissatisfaction to counter the existing order.

Japanese citizens and politicians need to see through this and work more on positive and mutually respectful relations with Beijing.

China is not an enemy, it is a success story and open to prosperity in Asia. That’s why is viewed negatively by the White House

Together will be stronger..

Asia for the Asians..

Good old US, get your dirty hands out of this..

Do they really need to hold hands like that? Especially Ishiba and the guy on the left - did they interlock fingers? - eww. They look like like school children, and everyone knows all three countries aren't that friendly with each other and the Chinese will do whatever they like.

Iwayasan has a plum job to do.

isabelleToday  09:05 am JST

As ever, fine to talk but never fall for the CCP lies and false promises.

South Korea's political instability is also a big concern. If the DPK gets in (and particularly if Lee Jae-myung manages to stay out of jail), SK will become relatively pro-North Korea/China and anti-Japan, and we will likely return to the terrible relations we saw under Moon.

Where do you live, isabelle?

Your view of China and North Korea borders on being hysterical. There is no balance to your position whatsoever, so I'm curious to know where you are in the world?

リッチToday  08:47 am JST

Sir go into the meeting with respect and being humble as Japan has already been eclipsed by China. Their economy is booming. Their citizens making more and more. And they travel. 

No, China's economy is not "booming". It is still recovering from the Covid years in varying degrees depending on the industry.

Japan has 4% of the landmass, 9% of the population and 28% of the GDP of China. But it is allied with and supported by nearly every developed country in the world. China is not, and is seen as an adversary.

China has indeed eclipsed Japan in terms of being mistrusted and disliked by the entire planet.

Clearly Wang Yi is the VIP guest sitting next to PM Ishiba and featured in so many photos.

中韓日友誼萬歲

Clearly Wang Yi is the VIP guest sitting next to PM Ishiba and featured in so many photos.

Yeah . . right. . whatever tickles your fantasy!

小心龍

Where do you live, isabelle?

I will second that question! You say CCP has done nothing? cheats on industrial production,? Yep, true (but I do not dwell on printed political commentaries) I have witnessed such 'cheating'. Whilst Guangdong was the factory of the world all nations took their workers for granted. But their government supported their peoples by investing income into infrastructure communications, Upgraded port facilities for raw in, produce out. Why because they were honest, had a long-term plan and carried it out. But people who truly reside in asia know that! Tokyo Living for japan people, Asian progress for asian peoples, Sorries Isabelle I do not intend animosity, But so much more knowledge about Asia than asian resident?

Japan's prime minister on Friday urged foreign ministers from China, South Korea and Japan to focus on finding common ground ahead of a key joint meeting of the three Asian power houses that starts Saturday.

We yet again fell into the convoluted diatribe. So, I say, REALLY GOOD IDEA, ISHIBA san.

gubijinToday  09:37 am JST

Rather than argue about who owns which island, I think that this time, all 3 nations should concentrate on the Menace in DC, and how to deal with him

Trump will be history in 4 years. The CCP has been in power for 75 years with no chance of a change because any other political party is illegal.

Short of a revolution in China, the CCP will be here long long after Trump is gone.

TamaramaToday 12:46 pm JST

Where do you live, isabelle?

Japan.

Your view of China and North Korea borders on being hysterical. There is no balance to your position whatsoever

My posts are grounded in solid fact, and many have sources so that others can easily check this.

(Unlike pro-authoritarian posters, who rarely provide sources, often employ fallacies/lies/half-truths, and tend to farcically blame the US for everything.)

Call my views "hysterical" if you wish, but that's unlikely to contribute much to the debate.

iron manToday 03:17 pm JST

Why because they were honest, had a long-term plan and carried it out.

Who was "honest?" The CCP?

If so, that's a clearly ridiculous assertion.

Asian progress for asian peoples

FYI, progress outside of Asia (for example, Europe and North America) meant more people to buy China's goods, and more FDI and know-how into China: all of which benefited China.

China has done very well out of non-Asian (and Japanese) progress, and other countries have been very patient with it despite all its lies, stealing, WTO rule-breaking, etc.

However, Xi has now pushed things much too far, and his aggression (economic, political, kinetic, and more) is undoing all the work his predecessors did.

Nobody wants to debate you because all you do is regurgitate USA State Department statements and articles from the Voice of America and the BBC.

Call my views "hysterical" if you wish, but that's unlikely to contribute much to the debate.

That you take this so serious and think you are changing anyone's opinion is the funny part.

deanzaZZRToday 05:00 pm JST

all you do is regurgitate USA State Department statements and articles from the Voice of America and the BBC.

Patently not true, but even if it were it wouldn't matter.

Complaining about the source, whilst ignoring/denying the content, is "shooting the messenger" and suggests you don't have much of a counter-argument.

That you take this so serious

Is the lives and freedom of millions not serious? It is to me.

and think you are changing anyone's opinion

I don't expect to change your/the pro-CCP crowd's opinion. But I will continue to assert my own, and call out anything suspicious/invalid.

Others can decide for themselves which of us, if any, is right. Just as they should.

I would add to that point that, as well as “freedom of opinion” (and I don't think these day the White House can give lessons to other countries, let alone China), we should prioritize history facts, lessons from the past rather than US military dispatches, frankly a complete master of deceit.  

The problem is the US refuses to change and accept the fact that it’s no longer the sole hegemon. 

Over the years, China has emerged as Asia key trading partners through training programs, infrastructure projects and other forms of cooperation, and win-win collaboration. Asia needs shared prosperity and mutual respect, not a one-sided power play. Not the warmongering incited by the US administration.

And again, US accusations are entirely baseless and they expose the coercive nature of Washington's diplomacy

History facts:

China has not been engaged in military activity for the past forty years. In that time, the US has overthrown numerous governments and illegally invaded many countries.

In the course of the 20th century alone, Washington has participated in 39 armed conflicts, or one every three years, and since 2000 it has engaged in at least 12 wars, the equivalent of one every two years.

Unlike pro-authoritarian posters, who rarely provide sources, often employ fallacies/lies/half-truths, and tend to farcically blame the US for everything.

Who is pro-authoritarian?

I haven't seen one poster on JT espouse the virtues of pro-authoritarian regimes. Not a single poster.

Unless you are talking about the people on here who seem to confuse the Kuomintang for a democratically elected legitimate government of China. I can think of a few of those. I guess you could rightfully call them 'pro-authoritarian'.

With the DPP rapidly evolving into a wannabe one party authoritarian state just like Yoon's ROK.

"The South Korean parliament has been manipulated by North Korean forces," said the post by "lydppcaucus," an account run by the party's caucus.

"South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol announced emergency martial law nationwide to protect the free constitutional system," the post said. "Have no doubt, we who are Team Taiwan are every second and every minute opposing global dark and evil forces encroaching on [Taiwan].” - DPP Caucus

https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2024/12/04/2003827959

TamaramaMar. 22 08:04 pm JST

I haven't seen one poster on JT espouse the virtues of pro-authoritarian regimes. Not a single poster.

Ya don't say people aren't openly fascist?

Unless you are talking about the people on here who seem to confuse the Kuomintang for a democratically elected legitimate government of China. I can think of a few of those. I guess you could rightfully call them 'pro-authoritarian'.

The KMT is a party. They are also the legitimately elected majority of the Legislative Yuan of Taiwan. We need assign no relevance to gaslighting based on their past, especially in light of the savagery that goes on on the mainland in 2025.

To put it with the Political Analyst and Columbia University Professor Jeffrey Sachs:

‘The United States are the most lawless and dangerous country in the world by far’