Japanese Political Right Deviation And The Impact On The Sino-Japanese Relationship

The phenomenon of Japanese political right deviation is of long standing.However, the new century especially in recent years the rightist tendency is moreobvious, mainly for the distorted the history of aggression, shirk responsibility for thewar; using the islands dispute to trigger disturbance; intention of changing theconstitution of peace to break through the military bound. The four aspects of Japanesepolitical right deviation have its inherent logic. Through distort the history of WorldWar II, shirk responsibility for the war, in order to achieve the disputed islands and getrid of the peace constitution to break through the military bound. These behaviors ofJapanese political right deviation are due to pursuit the identity of ordinary country,which is the foundation of the Japanese political right deviation. Japan’s domesticpolitical parties and political groups generally conservative rightist is the soil which isvery suitable for the foundation. American “Asia Pacific rebalancing” strategy is theexternal propeller for the development of Japanese political right deviation.The tendency of Japanese political right deviation has been influenced thedevelopment of Sino-Japanese relationship, including the aspects of military,economicand civil communication. However, we must recognize that the tendency of Japanesepolitical right deviation is only spread in Japan the level of domestic political and somesocial groups in the upper. There is not enough evidence to prove that Japan is theoverall situation of right deviation. Therefore, we must look at the problem of Japanesepolitical deviation with the dichotomy method; distinguish between Japanese politicians and Japanese people. For the problem of Japanese political right deviation,Chinese and Japanese governments must correctly handle the history, the Diaoyuislands territorial disputes and other sensitive issues through dialogue on an equalfooting and seek ways to cope with these issues. Secondly, the people of the twocountries could deepen mutual understanding through various activities, which couldpromote the development of Sino-Japanese relationship. Thirdly, we must urge Japanto respect the history and to safeguard regional peace by making use of US’s strength.