Japanese Government Doesn’t Call for Release of Liu Xiaobo
After imprisoned Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, the governments of the United States of America and several other nations praised the Nobel committee’s decision and called on the Chinese government to release Liu and other political prisoners.
The Japanese government was much weaker in its response:
Kan told reporters that by giving Liu its most prestigious award on Friday, the Norwegian Nobel committee showed the importance of human rights, “which are universally worthwhile,” according to Jiji Press.
Asked if he expected Liu’s winning of the prize to lead to a change in China’s stance on human rights, Kan said: “The Nobel committee awarded the prize to him, taking such a message into consideration.”
Having recently witnessed the wrath of an angry China, it seems that Japan was not ready to deal with the consequences of enthusiastic support for the Nobel committee’s decision.
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