{"id":125893,"date":"2025-12-03T11:04:59","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T11:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/japans-erroneous-arguments-rebutted-in-un-letter\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T11:04:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T11:04:59","slug":"japans-erroneous-arguments-rebutted-in-un-letter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/japans-erroneous-arguments-rebutted-in-un-letter\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan\u2019s \u2018erroneous arguments\u2019 rebutted in UN letter"},"content":{"rendered":"

BEIJING, China, Dec 3 \u2014 Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said on Tuesday that Japan\u2019s recent letter to United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is full of erroneous arguments and hypocritical lies, and he urged Japan to seriously reflect and correct its mistakes, fulfill its obligations as a defeated nation in World War II, and honor its commitments to China and the international community through concrete actions.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lin made the remarks after the two countries\u2019 permanent missions to the UN wrote to Guterres following recent erroneous remarks on Taiwan by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.<\/p>\n

On Nov 21, Fu Cong, China\u2019s permanent representative to the UN, sent a letter to Guterres, prompting a response from Japan\u2019s UN ambassador, Kazuyuki Yamazaki, who also wrote to the UN.<\/p>\n

On Monday, Fu sent a second letter to the UN secretary-general, firmly rebutting the unreasonable arguments made by Yamazaki and elaborating on the position of the Chinese government.<\/p>\n

Fu said China \u201cfirmly opposes\u201d Japan\u2019s letter to the UN and called it \u201cdodging the key issues, while groundlessly accusing China and seeking to shift blame\u201d.<\/p>\n

In the letter, Fu said the direct cause of the \u201cserious differences\u201d between the two countries was the remarks by Takaichi in parliament on Nov 7.<\/p>\n

Takaichi\u2019s comments, suggesting that a \u201cTaiwan contingency\u201d could constitute a \u201csurvival-threatening situation\u201d for Japan and implying possible military involvement, \u201cchallenge the outcomes of World War II, undermine the postwar international order, and violate the purposes and principles of the UN Charter\u201d, Fu said.<\/p>\n

Speaking at a regular news briefing in Beijing, Lin said that in its letter to the UN, Japan said that it adheres to its so-called \u201cconsistent position\u201d on the Taiwan question, but it has remained evasive on what exactly its \u201cconsistent position\u201d is and has yet to give China a direct answer.<\/p>\n

He also said Japan insists that it adheres to a \u201cpassive defense strategy, which is exclusively defense-oriented\u201d, and asserts that Takaichi\u2019s remarks were grounded in this position.<\/p>\n

\u201cTaiwan is Chinese territory. The Taiwan question is a matter for the Chinese ourselves to resolve and brooks no external interference,\u201d Lin said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYet Takaichi linked Japan\u2019s \u2018survival-threatening situation\u2019 with a \u2018Taiwan contingency\u2019, implying the use of force against China. Is this what Japan means by its \u2018exclusively defense-oriented\u2019 policy?\u201d Lin asked.<\/p>\n

Responding to media reports that senior members of the Japan-China Friendship Parliamentarians\u2019 Union hope to send a delegation to China before the end of the year, Lin said that Japan must demonstrate its commitment with China through concrete actions to create conditions for normal exchanges.<\/p>\n

Lin said that China has taken note of the reports and was also aware of growing concern among visionary people in Japan over the harmful impact and serious consequences of Takaichi\u2019s recent erroneous remarks.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe urge the Japanese side to reflect, correct its mistakes, withdraw Prime Minister Takaichi\u2019s erroneous remarks, and stop harming the feelings of the peoples of the two countries,\u201d Lin said.<\/p>\n

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BEIJING, China, Dec 3 \u2014 Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said on Tuesday that Japan\u2019s recent letter to United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is full of erroneous arguments and hypocritical lies, and he urged Japan to seriously reflect and correct its mistakes, fulfill its obligations as a defeated nation in World War II, and honor […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125893\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}