G7 countries except for Japan sign a joint statement supporting Israel

13 comments

1. Japan’s dependence to Arab oil has been particularly high in the last 2 decades.
   https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-data/h00482/japan-still-reliant-on-middle-eastern-oil.html

2. Didn’t expect that!

3. Shame on Japan

4. Good. Stay out of conflicts which don’t involve you.
   Canada could take a lesson from Japan.

5. Japan needs that Saudi oil. Half the commercials on CNNj on any given day are PR spots for Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states. The Gulf states have a lot of power over the Japanese economy, Israel does not.

6. Good on them

7. Good for Japan. Shame on all the others. Karma awaits.

8. Japan got it right this time.

9. We need the oil

10. One Japanese official (Chief Cabinet Secretary Matsuno) already explained why Japan didn’t.

    He says “Citizens of the other 6 nations are taken as hostages or missing there”. But Japanese citizens are not. He says this is the reason.

11. As bad as Japan is on human rights, I’m not sure if Japan is doing this to prevent repercussions in terms of oil or if they just don’t give a darn.

12. Good on them.

13. Well done Japan.