2023-09-01 10:01:44
At a press conference on the 1st, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said regarding the massacre of Koreans at the time of the Great Kanto Earthquake, “In my remarks at yesterday’s press conference, I stated that I had been answering questions and questions in the Diet for some time. It’s a thing,” he said. He did not change his position on August 31, stating that “there are no records within the government that ascertain the facts.”
Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno
Mr. Matsuno’s remarks on this day were a response to the remarks on the 31st, and a reporter from a reporter said that a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Korea said, “The Korean government has shown its intention to consider necessary measures for Japan.” that answered the question of
Matsuno said, “Japan and South Korea are important neighboring countries that should cooperate closely in addressing various issues facing the international community, and I would like to further develop Japan-South Korea relations.” .
At a press conference on the 31st, Mr. Matsuno commented that a government meeting in the past had recognized the massacre of Koreans in a report, saying, “[The report]was written by an expert, and does not represent the government’s view. No,” he said.
Discourses that question or deny the facts of the massacre are spreading, raising concerns regarding the fading and distortion of history. Mr. Matsuno repeated the same explanation at the press conference on the 30th, and when asked if he was thinking of conducting a new fact-finding investigation, he showed a negative perception.
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