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Originally Posted by Ronin4hire
Well the article says that Japan will move towards a more multilateral foriegn policy not towards China worship.
Multilateral means that it will establish itself within relationships between itself and ALL it's neighbours... not just China and South Korea. Other significant regional powers include Australia, Malaysia and Indonesia.
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I know that is what the article says - but it`s not the rhetoric put forth by the political party. In the past, "international" and "multilateral" has only meant "with China and Korea" in their policies. If they are going to make a leap and change this, then great. But I highly doubt it. They`ve shown remarkable ignorance when it comes to anywhere in Asia other than those two countries, and recently when asked about their planned policies in regard to another country (I forget exactly where, unfortunately - I *think* it was Malaysia but am not entirely sure) the speakers were sort of stumped and tried to shift the topic back to China.
I have nothing against reducing the worship of the US and working toward a more balanced international policy... It would probably be a good thing for everyone involved. But I don`t really think that they`re the party to put hopes on for it. The current trend online in Japan is to substitute 特定アジア for every instance of アジア or 世界 in their speeches, as those are the only countries they actually push any policies for.