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Hong Kong Intelligence Report #79 Critique of Russian Propaganda on Abe Assassination

Updated: May 1

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Hong Kong Intelligence Report #79 Critique of Russian Propaganda on Abe Assassination
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IMPORTANT 【重要】Russian Propaganda


Key point: Defining Abe as a patriot is tantamount to calling pro-Russians in Japan traitors. This is beyond the proper scope of diplomatic condolences. It is tantamount to insult. This is because the majority of pro-Russians in Japan are anti-Abe.

The Russian Foreign Ministry ignores the fact that there is no political force in Japan that is pro-Russian and pro-Abe simultaneously.


Those that do exist are the LDP forces that are anti-Russian / pro-Abe supporters, or opposition parties that pro-Russian / anti-Abe, or anti-Russian / anti-Abe forces. The true pro-Russian forces are the minority of the few.


If Abe was a patriot, then all US proxies are patriots. All pro-Russian groups in Japan are anti-Abe, which means they are all traitors.


Russia's "Abe was great" campaign -Russian Propaganda- was only used to promote support for the LDP as it was on July 10, 2022, not to convert LDP supporters to pro-Russian.


Galuzin should know about domestic politics in Japan. Russia should not push the limits of diplomacy any further with its "Abe was great" campaign.


Diplomacy is only one aspect of things, not all aspects. The perspective of domestic issues is lacking in terms of diplomacy.

If Abe's neoliberalism was a good policy, then Russia's anti-neoliberal attitude is suspect.


In any case, it is the opinion of pro-Russian groups who know Japanese domestic politics that no more "Abe was great" campaigns should be carried out with flamboyance, ignoring the peculiarities of Japan's domestic situation.



重点:安倍を愛国者と定義したのは日本の親露派を売国奴というに等しい。これは、外交の弔問の適切な範囲を超えている。侮辱に等しい。日本の親露派は大多数が反安倍であるからである。

ロシア外務省は、日本には親露で安倍支持という政治勢力が存在しないという事実を無視している。


いるのは、反露の安倍支持者である自民党勢力や親露の反安倍、或いは反露の反安倍勢力である。本当の親露派は少数の中の少数派である。


安倍が愛国者なら、全ての米国代理人は愛国者という事になる。日本の親露派は、反安倍なのでみな売国奴だと言う事になる。


ロシアの「安倍は偉大だった」キャンペーンは、2022年7月10日そのまま自民党支持の宣伝に利用されただけで、自民党支持者が親露に変わるわけではない。もう少し日本のアベノリスクの被害者達の立場や親露派の人達の感情を考えて反応すべきだった。もう遅いが。


ガルージンは日本国内政治を分かっているはずだが。これ以上外交の限界を超えて「安倍は偉大だった」キャンペーンをロシアはやるべきではない。


外交は、物事の一側面であり、全ての面ではない。国内問題という観点が、外交の観点では欠如している。

安倍のネオリベラリズムが良い政策だと言うなら、ロシアの反ネオリベラリズムの態度が疑われる。


とにかくこれ以上、日本国内の特殊性を無視して「安倍は偉大だった」キャンペーンを派手にやるべきではないと言うのが日本国内政治を知る親露派の意見である。


NEWS 【事實關係】


ロシア側の反応 Reactions from the Russian side:


RT:日本研究者でロシアの国際通信社「ロシア・セヴォードニャ(ロシアの今日)のワシリー・プシュコフ国際協力局長は、日本の安倍晋三元首相に対する襲撃を信じることができず、日露関係に傷跡を残すことになると語った。

同専門家は、「世界のどの国でも、今日、奈良県で起こった事件は、通常では考えられないこと」と強調、このような出来事が日本で起こるとは、単純に信じられないと述べた。


Vasily Pushkov, a Japan researcher and head of the International Cooperation Bureau of Russia's international news agency Russia Sevodnya (Russia Today), said he could not believe the attack on former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, which will leave a mark on Japan-Russia relations.

The expert stressed that "the incident that took place today in Nara Prefecture is out of the ordinary in any country in the world," and said he simply cannot believe that such an event could take place in Japan.



「私たちは、日本のすべての人々に深くお見舞いを申し上げる。なぜなら、安倍元首相は、なにより、日本の真の愛国者だったからだ。彼は常に自国の利益を擁護し、交渉の席でそうすることを選んだ」


We extend our deepest sympathies to all the people of Japan, because former Prime Minister Abe was, above all, a true patriot of Japan. He always defended his country's interests and chose to do so at the negotiating table."



「日本の安倍晋三元首相の残酷な殺害の知らせに動揺している。彼は腹のすわった世界的な政治家だった。安倍氏は日本の国益に重点を置き、ロシアとの建設的な関係においても多くのものを勝ち得た」


We are disturbed by the news of the brutal murder of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. He was a world-class politician with a strong stomach. Mr. Abe focused on Japan's national interests and won a lot in constructive relations with Russia.



ミハイル・ガルージン駐日ロシア大使は、ロシア国営放送の番組で次のように話している。

「戦略的思考力のある、先見性を持った国家指導者である安倍氏は、常に日本の真の愛国者として、露日両国の善隣関係を理解し、その発展のためにたくさんのことをしてきた」


Russian Ambassador to Japan Mikhail Galuzin said the following on Russian state television.

Mr. Abe, a strategic thinker and visionary national leader, has always been a true patriot of Japan, understanding the good neighborly relations between Russia and Japan, and has done much for their development."



選挙結果 Election Result:


10 日投開票の参院選で、憲法改正論議に前向きな「改憲勢力」の獲得議席が、非改選を合わせて166に到達した。166は国会発議に必要な総議員の3分の2のラインに相当する。

9条への自衛隊明記と緊急事態条項新設に力点を置く自民党は直近の民意を得たとして、議論の進展を狙う。だが立憲民主党は「改憲は最優先課題ではない」と主張。改憲勢力の各党の間でも、個別の論点を巡り溝が存在する。与野党合意は見通せない。

改憲勢力は自民、公明、日本維新の会、国民民主4党など。岸田文雄首相は、9条への自衛隊明記といった党改憲案4項目について「極めて現代的な課題」と指摘する。


In the House of Councillors election held on July 10, the number of seats won by the "constitutional reform forces" who are willing to discuss constitutional revision reached 166, including non-elected seats. 166 is equivalent to two-thirds of the total number of seats required for a motion to be proposed in the Diet.

The Liberal Democratic Party, which has been focusing on the inclusion of the Self-Defense Forces in Article 9 and the establishment of a new emergency clause, claims to have gained recent public support and is aiming to advance the debate. The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, however, insists that constitutional change is not its top priority. Even among the parties that are pushing for constitutional change, there is a divide over individual issues. Agreement between the ruling and opposition parties is unlikely.

The constitutional reform forces include the Liberal Democratic Party, Kōmeitō, Japan Restoration Party, and the National Democratic Party of Japan. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has pointed out that the four items in the party's constitutional revision plan, including the inclusion of the Self-Defense Forces in Article 9, are "extremely contemporary issues.


(c)KYODONEWS



日本国内政治の実相 The Reality of Domestic Politics in Japan


安倍晋三の外交政策 Shinzo Abe's Foreign Policy:


クリル諸島(北方領土)4島返還論に変わりなし。
The argument for the return of the four Kuril Islands (Northern Territories) remains unchanged.

新自由主義のアベノミクス Neoliberal Abenomics:


第2次安倍内閣発足後の2013年1-3月期から2021年7-9月期案での成長率平均値が0.6%。


そもそもインフレ率の引き上げは生活者のための施策でない。

企業がインフレ分だけ実質賃金を引き下げることができるからインフレ率上昇が求められたという経緯がある。


「成長戦略」の中身は「農業自由化」、「医療自由化」、「労働規制撤廃」、「法人税減税」、「公的事業払い下げ」だった。


一人当たり実質賃金は2012年から2020年の8年間に6%も減少した。

日本は世界最悪の賃金減少国になった。


From the January-March 2013 period after the second Abe Cabinet was formed, the average growth rate in the proposed July-September 2021 period is 0.6%.


In the first place, raising the inflation rate is not a measure for the benefit of consumers.

The reason why they sought an increase in the inflation rate was because it would allow companies to lower real wages by the amount of inflation.


The "growth strategy" included "liberalization of agriculture," "liberalization of healthcare," "elimination of labor regulations," "corporate tax cuts," and "reduction of public works expenditures''.


Real wages per capita declined by 6% over the eight-year period from 2012 to 2020. Japan has become the worst wage-declining country in the world.


Japan has become the world's worst wage declining country.


COMMENT 【評語】


以上、この様に日本を破壊した売国奴の安倍を愛国者というのは、日本の親露派への侮蔑と裏切りである。 もう少し、日本の国内政治をしっかり把握してから発言するべきであり、外国人であるロシア人どもに安倍が愛国者か否かを判断する資格は毛頭ない。それは、日本国民自身にしかない。

To call Abe, a traitor who has destroyed Japan in this way, a patriot is an insult and betrayal of Japan's pro-Russian community. The Russian bureaucrats should have a better grasp of Japan's domestic politics before making such a statement.
Only the Japanese people themselves are qualified to judge whether Abe was a patriot or not. Russians have no rights to judge it.


 

Hong Kong Intelligence Report #79 Critique of Russian Propaganda on Abe Assassination

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