Transcript · Japanese → English
Japanese → English transcript
If a very hardline person were to become prime minister, there would, for example, be serious concern about relations with China and the deterioration of Japan–China ties.
If we were to be cut off from China, Japan's economy would suddenly stop functioning. Agriculture would also be unable to survive.
This is the reality we actually face. Japan and China have confirmed that they will not be a threat to one another.
They refrain from actions that would make them a threat to each other, and they have agreed that they are partners.
The Japanese Communist Party positions domestic xenophobia in Japan as far-right xenophobia — Tenson criticism.
They call it far-right xenophobia, but their characteristic stance is that the self-deprecating view of history we have been discussing is unacceptable.
With the low birthrate and aging population causing labor shortages, isn't accepting foreign workers necessary?
I think that is an objective fact. Japanese people and foreigners alike can work together to make this society better.
I believe it is the responsibility of the government to create that kind of situation.
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Original transcript (Japanese)
非常に強硬な方がまあ総理になった場合ですね 例えば中国との関係であるとか日中関係の抑援も非常に懸念されます 中国ともしも断絶状態になれば 日本の経済ってのは途端に立ち行かなくなる農業も立ち行かなくなる こういう現状が実際にあるわけですよね 日中両国は互いに脅威とならないということを確認しているわけですから お互いに脅威となるような行為を慎む そしてお互いにパートナーだということを合意しているわけですから 日本共産党将日本国内で排外主義定位為極右排外主義 天尊批評
極右排外主義と呼んでいるんですけれども その特徴特質が今までお話ししてきた自虐死感ではダメだという立場なんですよ 少子高齢化で人手不足で外国人のお受け入れっていうのは必要でしょうか それは客観的な事実だと思います 日本の人も外国の人も一緒にこの社会を良くしようと思って働くことができる そういう状況を作るのが政治の責任だと考えますね
