Global Times Editorial: What Japan Should Reckon Most Clearly Is the Major Account of Regional Peace

According to a report from Global Times, on January 6th, the Ministry of Commerce of China announced the strengthening of export controls on dual-use items to Japan. The first reaction from the Japanese government was to retaliate, with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs claiming that China's measures are "absolutely unacceptable and deeply regrettable," and demanding a withdrawal. Meanwhile, the Japanese public discourse fell into a state of anxious calculation, with media extensively analyzing the potential impact of China's measures on key industries such as semiconductors and electric vehicles, while economists were busy estimating the percentage points of GDP that could be lost. However, this response, which only calculates "small economic accounts" and ignores the "big political accounts," precisely exposes the fundamental shortsightedness of the Japanese authorities in their strategic understanding