Tokyo, Nov. 24 -- Former Japanese prime ministers Shigeru Ishiba, Yoshihiko Noda, and Yukio Hatoyama recently criticized current Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi for straining Japan-China relations by making erroneous remarks on Taiwan, calling on her to be cautious in words and deeds and to improve bilateral relations through dialogue.
Ishiba commented during a television program on Sunday that since then-Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka's visit to China in 1972, which facilitated the normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and China, successive Japanese governments have always managed Japan-China relations very carefully and everyone has handled things with truly meticulous care.
The current administration should fully understand J...