Yesterday, a reporter called the Japanese Embassy in China, and an official of the Embassy's Press and Culture Center said that Nobutaka Machimura had made it clear that the news that Ambassador koreshige anami would leave was not true. The official, who asked not to be named, said: "Foreign Minister Machimura denied the news of Ambassador ananda's resignation at the press conference the day before yesterday. Generally, the term of Japanese ambassador to China is three years, and Ambassador Ananda has worked in China for four years since 200 1. It may be extended again, which may be 1 year or 2 years. "
Japanese media reports are "misunderstandings"
According to reports, when answering a reporter's question on the 5th, Machimura said: "What I want to say is that in a series of reports last weekend, (many Japanese media) boldly reported the news about the personnel changes in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. These reports say that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or the foreign minister himself has decided or decided (some personnel), which is completely untrue. "
Machimura also said: "Some newspapers reported personnel matters without seeking confirmation from me. Or a newspaper asked me for verification, but I denied it, but I still insisted on reporting it. I asked those newspapers to correct this. "
When asked by the Morning Post reporter what the officials of the Japanese Embassy in China thought of the news that Ambassador Ananda was leaving, he said: "These reports were caused by misunderstanding in the Japanese media. The Japanese media has been following suit. As long as there is one media report, the rest of the media will compete to reprint the same news. "
Huang Xingyuan, Information Counselor of the China Embassy in Japan, said that all candidates for the Japanese ambassador to China are based on Japanese news. "We have no further information here, and China will not comment or interfere with the changes in Japanese personnel."
"China Connect" has its limitations.
Gao Hong, director of the Policy Research Office of the Japanese Institute of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, described the news about Ambassador koreshige anami's stay these days as "no smoke without fire". Gao Hong said: "Everything is smoke-free. The term of office of Japanese ambassadors abroad is generally four years, but some of them end their missions earlier or later. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs appoints ambassadors to China according to their own needs. " Earlier, there were rumors that Toyo Iimura, the current ambassador to Indonesia, would succeed koreshige anami. Gao Hong believes that if the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs really sends a person who is not an "expert on China" as its ambassador to China, it does not necessarily prove that it does not attach importance to China. "In fact, the' China Connect' ambassador has certain limitations. For many years, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has not reused the "China-knowing faction". Therefore, it is not necessarily a bad thing to send a non-China expert ambassador. " Gao Hong explained.
In yesterday's interview, Gao Hong also mentioned a noteworthy point. He believes that the diplomacy of various countries often has time limit and confidentiality, which is particularly obvious in capitalist countries. So we can't simply think that Nobutaka Machimura's denial on 5th necessarily means that Toyo Iimura won't be the ambassador to China.
The news that Japan will change its ambassador to China was first reported by Japan's Daily News at 2: 10 on the 2nd. In a report entitled "Ambassador to China", the newspaper said: "On June 5438+0, Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura decided to appoint Ambassador to Indonesia Toyo Iimura to replace koreshige anami as the Japanese ambassador to China." Since then, a number of Japanese media, including Japan News Agency and * * * News Agency, began to publish one after another until July 5, when Nobutaka Machimura denied the news.