http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/03/schmidt-japan-china_n_5077208.html
Helmut Schmidt: Japan Has No Friends In Asia. Neither Does China. Part II
SCHMIDT: The basic fact about Japan’s situation is that it does not have any friends in the region not the Philippines, nor the Koreans, nor the Russians, nor the Chinese, nor people in Indonesia. They have invaded all these countries. They do not understand that all their neighbors hate them despite the fact that the present Japanese did not commit any crimes.
Germany certainly committed more war crimes than anybody else. But, unlike the Japanese, we have had the great stroke of luck of finding neighbors who have helped us overcome our past. We have openly regretted what our fathers have done. So the Germans today, to an amazing extent, have been able to join in a project of European integration that, whatever its problems, makes war between European nations impossible.
If I were a Chinese I would just wait and see how long it takes until the Japanese come bearing presents. Just give them time and don’t fight about these ridiculous Diaoyu islands.
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これは恐ろしい事だ. ドイツ総理の目に日本はアジアで友達一人ない一人ぼっち国家だと見えるのに, 日本人たちは自ら日本がアジアで愛される国家だと勘違いする.
これはアメリカでも似ている現象なので, アメリカ政界は反日に後ろ向きになったし, 中国ではなくAbe政府がアジア葛藤の根源で認識するのに, 日本だけこの事実が分からない.

Helmut シュミット西ドイツ総理 : 1974‾1982