Published on November 13, 2019. Based on the full text of a resolution reported by the Sankei Shimbun, adopted by the conservative Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers’ group “The Group to Protect Japan’s Dignity and National Interest.” The resolution opposes President Xi Jinping’s planned state visit to Japan unless China takes concrete action on issues including incursions by Chinese vessels around the Senkaku Islands, repression in Hong Kong, the detention of Japanese nationals, and human rights abuses in Tibet, Uyghur regions, and Southern Mongolia.

November 13, 2019.
Although messages that give the impression of such an improvement in relations can be understood as diplomatic courtesy, it is hard to say that they represent the true state of Japan-China relations.
The following is from an article distributed online by the Sankei Shimbun at 16:11 on November 13, 2019.
Opposition to the Chinese President’s state visit to Japan.
Full text of the resolution by the LDP volunteer group “Mamoru-kai.”
On the 13th, the conservative volunteer lawmakers’ group of the Liberal Democratic Party, “The Group to Protect Japan’s Dignity and National Interest”（Representative Secretary: House of Councillors member Aoyama Shigeharu）, held a meeting inside the Diet and compiled a resolution opposing President Xi Jinping’s planned visit to Japan next spring as a state guest unless China changes its actions of sending government vessels into the waters around the Senkaku Islands（Ishigaki City, Okinawa Prefecture）and its repressive stance toward the citizens of Hong Kong.
After the meeting, Mr. Aoyama stressed to reporters, “It is strange for a country to welcome Mr. Xi as a state guest as if the issues of the Senkaku Islands and Hong Kong did not exist.”
He also stated, “If China improves the issues lying between Japan and China, and the problems of basic human rights violations in Hong Kong and elsewhere, we will welcome the state visit.”
Mr. Aoyama and others will visit the Prime Minister’s Office on the evening of the same day and hand the resolution to Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Okada Naoki.
The full text is as follows.
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The government has repeatedly stated that Japan-China relations have completely returned to a normal track.
With President Xi Jinping’s visit to Japan scheduled for next spring, although messages that give the impression of such an improvement in relations can be understood as diplomatic courtesy, it is hard to say that they represent the true state of Japan-China relations.
For example, repeated incursions by Chinese vessels into the waters around the Senkaku Islands, which are Japan’s inherent territory, and violations of Japanese airspace by Chinese military aircraft have become everyday occurrences.
Furthermore, the stance of repressing the democratic political actions of the citizens of Hong Kong by force is absolutely unacceptable in light of the universal values of modern society: freedom, democracy, and the rule of law.
Moreover, as seen in the recent incident in which a Hokkaido University professor who traveled to China at the invitation of the Chinese side was unjustly detained, it is said that more than ten Japanese nationals have been captured for reasons unknown and deprived of their freedom.
The situation continues in which it can by no means be said that Japan’s dignity and the basic human rights of Japanese nationals are respected in China.
This current situation means that Japan-China relations cannot be said to be on a “normal track.”
This year marks the 100th anniversary since Japan, in 1919, became the first country in the world to propose the abolition of racial discrimination at an international conference.
Yet cases are being discussed around the world, including human rights repression by China against Tibet, Uyghurs, and Southern Mongolia, as well as suspected illegal and unjust organ transplants inside China.
The Group to Protect Japan’s Dignity and National Interest strongly requests that the government demand that the Chinese government take concrete and clear action on these problems before President Xi’s visit to Japan, in order to build a proper Japan-China relationship based on the universal values of the international community: freedom, democracy, and the rule of law.
At the same time, if there is no improvement in these various pending issues, the group opposes President Xi Jinping’s visit to Japan as a state guest.