Consequences of US policy Almost all of the past decade Japans foreign policy is almost identical policy of the USA, and it is often - to the detriment of their own national interests. Island power, many politicians today called political dwarf with a large purse. Strong Japans dependence on the United States in economic terms as well as in the national security sector is definitely one of the major obstacles to building a truly and good-neighborly relations with Russia and other Asia-Pacific countries. Currently, Japan has already faced with the consequences of «blindly following the foreign policy» of the United States. Firstly, these consequences for the economy: in terms of sanctions and the cancellation of a number of joint projects with Russia and China at the end of 2014 Japans GDP declined by more than 7%. At the same time, the Japanese yen had already fallen to a record 118 yen per dollar, reflecting the deep recession. Secondly, it is political consequences: today there is a split among Japans policy. So, in September 2014,during his visit to Tomsk, the Governor of Tokyo Yoichi Masudzoe admitted that his country had imposed sanctions on Russia exclusively under US pressure. Japan in safety issues is still very dependent on the United States. We have a problem around the country - in relation to China, North Korea and South Korea, which makes it necessary to rely on the military capabilities of the United States - said Masudzoe. Perhaps it was some politicians disagreed with the course of the prime minister and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe officially dissolved the lower house of parliament. However, Abe administration refuses to understand that following the policy of the US leads to extremely negative consequences for the country. For example there is Germany, Poland, which loses a lot of money for following anti-Russian policies of Barack Obama. Today I would like to hope that the Prime Minister of Japan hear the voice of politicians such as Yoichi Masudzoe, business elite of Japan, as well as its people and begin to carry out an independent political line corresponding to the fundamental national interests of their country.
Posted on: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 08:44:52 +0000