The Unsteady Policy of Japan on North Korea
Dana Lewis, a columnist of Newsweek (Japanese
Edition), has severely criticized the Japanese
diplomacy of dependence in
the magazine on December 4, 2002. Her main assertion is the
diplomacy toward
North Korea by Junichiro Koizumi has completely changed into the sentimental
sympathy of a nation. However, Koizumi is also weak in diplomatic
negotiations with North Korea,
which causes public unrest. She writes the
Japanese government has been neglecting the
construction of diplomatic
tactics to cooperate with other countries. She concludes in the same
magazine that Japan has to pay dearly for her idleness in openly enjoying
peace and economic growth.
Recently, a fact of
showing lack of policy by the government was found out. The Asahi on
December 5, 2002 reported a corporate juridical body gNihon-Gaiko-Kyokaih
(The Diplomatic
Association of Japan) had supported North Korea with
provisions. This corporate juridical body is a
public-service corporation
under the control of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and has been given
1,000,000 to 3,000,000 yen a year from the secret funds of the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs. According
to different news, it seems that a pinball trade
in Saitama Prefecture is related to the corporate
juridical person. There
are many people having something to do with North Korea in the pinball trade.
Why do Nihon-Gaiko-Kyokai and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have to
support North Korea stealthily?
The above corporate juridical body and the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs are now exposed to the heat of
criticism.
Although the suspicious relations
between Nihon-Gaiko-Kyokai and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
must be
completely investigated, it is still unclear why Japan should help North Korea
by sending food
wasting tax. It is doubtful whether something collateral
might be given in return to them from North
Korea. The Japanese policy on
North Korea has not put on a firm basis and has always been swinging
back
and forth, right and
left.