Japan's FM Says Japanese More Likely to Succeed in Middle East Diplomacy than Westerners
Japanese media are reporting that Foreign Minister Taro Aso says the Japanese with, in his words, their "yellow faces" are more likely to succeed at Middle East diplomacy than their "blonde, blue-eyed" counterparts in the West.
Japanese media say Aso made the remarks in a speech Wednesday, in which he also said that the Japanese, unlike Americans, have no history of exploitation or violence in the region. Japan recently hosted talks involving officials from Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian territories.
Aso has made diplomatically controversial comments in the past. Earlier in his career, he said he hoped to make Japan the kind of country where people he called "rich Jews" would want to live.
The conservative minister is an avowed nationalist and has called Japan "a one-race nation."
日本媒體報導，日本外相麻生太郎表示，“黃面孔”的日本人比“金發(fā)碧眼”的西方人更有可能在中東外交方面獲得成功。
日本媒體報導說，麻生太郎星期三在一次講話中發(fā)表上述言論。他還說，日本不像美國，對中東地區(qū)沒有剝削或是暴力的歷史。日本最近主辦了有以色列、約旦和巴勒斯坦領土官員參加的會談。
麻生太郎過去發(fā)表過引起外交爭議的言論。他在早期外交生涯時說過，希望把日本變成一個“有錢的*人”愿意居住的國家。
這位保守派外相是一位堅定的民族主義者，曾稱日本為“單一民族國家”。
Japanese media are reporting that Foreign Minister Taro Aso says the Japanese with, in his words, their "yellow faces" are more likely to succeed at Middle East diplomacy than their "blonde, blue-eyed" counterparts in the West.
Japanese media say Aso made the remarks in a speech Wednesday, in which he also said that the Japanese, unlike Americans, have no history of exploitation or violence in the region. Japan recently hosted talks involving officials from Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian territories.
Aso has made diplomatically controversial comments in the past. Earlier in his career, he said he hoped to make Japan the kind of country where people he called "rich Jews" would want to live.
The conservative minister is an avowed nationalist and has called Japan "a one-race nation."
日本媒體報導，日本外相麻生太郎表示，“黃面孔”的日本人比“金發(fā)碧眼”的西方人更有可能在中東外交方面獲得成功。
日本媒體報導說，麻生太郎星期三在一次講話中發(fā)表上述言論。他還說，日本不像美國，對中東地區(qū)沒有剝削或是暴力的歷史。日本最近主辦了有以色列、約旦和巴勒斯坦領土官員參加的會談。
麻生太郎過去發(fā)表過引起外交爭議的言論。他在早期外交生涯時說過，希望把日本變成一個“有錢的*人”愿意居住的國家。
這位保守派外相是一位堅定的民族主義者，曾稱日本為“單一民族國家”。