Shinzo Abe’s “Ai Russia Diplomacy” Causal Response | ZAITEN A radical and charming economic information site-Business World Outlook Shinsha

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“What is happening in Ukraine is beyond normal mode. Only Japan can say its own energy business and behave as if nothing had happened. We will promote economic cooperation for Russia. Is difficult “
A press conference was held at the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) head office in Otemachi, Tokyo on the afternoon of March 3. President Tadashi Maeda (former Japan Bank for International Cooperation = current Japan Bank for International Cooperation in 1982) emphasized the policy of canceling the credit line (credit line contract) with Sberbank, the largest bank in Russia. He sounds brave enough to blame the Russian Putin administration for invading Ukraine, but in the business world, “which mouth is saying?”
Maeda violently promotes economic cooperation with Russia on a three-legged race with bureaucrats such as Takaya Imai (former Ministry of International Trade and Industry in 1982) who served as Prime Minister’s secretary under Shinzo Abe, who developed “Ai Russia diplomacy.” This is because he has been rushing to pour JBIC money, which is funded by blood tax, into the Putin project.

JBIC Maeda’s “Sweet Words”

In fact, Maeda explained in the Sankei Shimbun column “World Bird’s View” in March 2015 that Russia was in a difficult situation due to economic sanctions by the United States after the annexation of Crimea. This is a unique opportunity to move forward. ” The position of Europe, which has strong economic ties with Russia, is different from that of the United States. It’s time to build a strategy to move the territorial issue forward. “

…… Continued in the May issue of ZAITEN.