Difference Between China and Japan: Rule of Law
A Japanese court on Monday sentenced a rightist seven years in prison for damaging the Chinese Consulate General in Osaka.No doubt this kind of incident is what China cites as evidence that Japan is not repentant enough about its past. But it shows something else.The Osaka District Court ruled the defendant, Nobuyuki Nakagama,36, was guilty of damaging properties and arson attempt.
The ruling said he rammed his vehicle on April 23 last year into the front gate of the consulate and attempted to burn the property by setting fire to the vehicle.
The attack, which badly damaged the gate of the consulate but caused no casualties, was the most serious event committed by Japanese right-wing groups against the Chinese diplomatic facilities since the normalization of diplomatic relations between the two countries in 1972.
Remember the "protests" against US and Japanese diplomatic buildings in China? In reality, these incidents were masterminded by the Chinese government, which is increasingly diverting domestic politico-economic pressure toward a foreign "devil."
Unlike in China, in Japan such behaviors are punished by the authorities. Rule of law. It's that simple.