JAPAN'S AIMS.
FAR EASTERN POLICY. First Broadcast by Foreign Minister. ANTI-OOMMTJNIBT TREATY. United Press Association.—Copyright. (Received 12.30 p.m.) TOKYO, January 5. In the first broadcast by anv Japanese Foreign Minister in support of his policy, Hachiro Arita, giving a new name to the agreement between ■Germany and Japan, said that under the anti-Comintern accord, Japan had taken a step to save China and Manchukuo from Communist penetration. ° Japan was not interested in Germany's political 'system. Those who thought Japan was joining with a Fascist group were ill-informed regarding the true nature of her Constitution.
China's tendency to become Bolshevised seriously threatened Japan, Hhich heartily desired the Nanking Government and the Chinese nation to realise the importance of amicable relations. Japan was anxious to increase friendship with Britain and America, and aimed also at readjustment of diplomatic relations with China and the Soviet.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 4, 6 January 1937, Page 7
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