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...OZAWA: The Japan-China relationship is important next to the relationship with the United States...
...Looking at the past relationship between Japan and the United States and Japan and China, I should say that the Japanese government has failed to come up with very clear explanations of their own positions. For that very reason they failed to have a solid and substantive discussion with these two countries...
...issues. Rather, the American side thought the Japanese negotiators were lying, and they didn't keep their promises. I spent about half the negotiation time convincing them that I would keep my promises. The same situation applies in our relations with China. Every time an official from China visits Japan and meets with a Japanese official, they always take up the issue of history. But they do not take up the issue of history when they meet me. I say a lot of things that might in fact sound very tough on their ears...
...biggest problem in regard to China is that the contradiction between their market economy and communist rule has grown immensely. In this situation there is a unique role that can be played by Japan, given the fact that Japan is similar to China in terms of culture and ethnicity and has a relationship that spans more than 1,000 years. Using this unique position, Japan should make every effort, together with the United States, to persuade and encourage China to move toward democratization...
...TIME: In the past week, there have been allegations about money politics in Japan, allegations about illegal campaign contributions. What is your reaction...