Comment on “Setting Emotions Aside: A Former Ambassador Who Engaged with China for 40 Years Discusses ‘Strategic Thinking'” [in Japanese]
On January 27, 2024, a comment of Professor Maiko Ichihara of the Graduate School of Law on the Asahi Shimbun article “Setting Emotions Aside: A Former Ambassador Who Engaged with China for 40 Years Discusses ‘Strategic Thinking'” was published. In this article, former Japanese Ambassador to China Hideo Tarumi, who retired December 2023, talks about the characteristics of China in the Xi Jinping era and how Japan should deal with China. Professor Ichihara stated that when emotions are increasingly influencing diplomacy, we need diplomats and politicians who have the courage not to be influenced by chauvinistic public opinion. She further commented that the general public also needs to strengthen the habit of saying what needs to be said.
