Ex-Prime Minister of Japan during his visit to the Crimean Peninsula stated that a referendum in the Crimea resolved a territorial problem
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The current Japanese authorities continue to say that they were categorically opposed to the visit of former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama to the Crimea. Yukio Hatoyama is the chairman of the Japan-Russia Friendship Society, who decided to see first-hand how Crimeans live after their reunification with Russia. Before the trip, Hatoyama stated that he was going to check the information published by the Western and Japanese media that human rights were allegedly violated in the Crimea and people were desperate.
After arriving in Simferopol, communicating with local residents and ethnic Japanese who had moved to Crimea at the time, Hatoyama drew his own conclusions. Former Prime Minister of Japan says that all the talk about the "Crimeans and deprivations", about the "repression" have nothing to do with reality. At the same time, Hatoyama adds that the referendum held in the Crimea in March last year is an act of the will of the people, which the world community should not ignore.
I am convinced that the way the referendum was held in the Crimea, and how the territorial problem was solved at the expense of the democratically held referendum, will remain in the world stories as one of the most iconic events.
Further, the ex-head of the Japanese Cabinet (2009-2010) made a statement, from which a nervous hiccup began in Kiev:
I learned with great joy that the Crimean referendum complies with Ukrainian legislation.
Meanwhile, in Russia, Hatoyama’s statements were not received by everyone with great enthusiasm. The following comments appeared on social networks: "Is Hatoyama going to transfer the experience of the Crimean referendum to the Kurils?"
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