After the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada, the Japanese authorities have also announced their desire to diplomatically boycott the Beijing Winter Olympics in order to denounce the violations of human rights. man committed by China.
She is notably accused of forcibly sterilizing women and of having imprisoned at least one million Uyghurs and other Turkish-speaking minorities, mainly Muslim, in camps in Xinjiang.
“Japan believes that it is important that the common values shared by the international community, such as freedom, human rights and the rule of law, are also respected in China,” said the spokesperson. from the Japanese government, Hirokazu Matsuno.
If no Japanese ministerial official will go to Beijing, the president of the organizing committee for the Tokyo-2020 Olympics Seiko Hashimoto will go on the other hand, as well as the president of the Japanese Olympic committee Yasuhiro Yamashita.
Contrary to Japan, Russia and South Korea have recently announced that they do not want to diplomatically boycott the Beijing Winter Games.