We are keenly monitoring Pakistan's reaction. I think it would be premature and inappropriate for me to comment on what may be happening in the area of Japan's aid to Pakistan in this instance when we are still anxiously waiting to see what Pakistan's reaction may be. In any event, I think to talk about diversion is not to my taste. Political aspirations have been expressed by many of the opponents of the government. My answer is very simple.
Political reform does indeed seem necessary in tandem with economic reform.
Exactly how that political reform may take place is a matter left to the judgment of the Indonesian people. North Korea and China have both condemned this movie on an official level. Firstly, this film has been produced by a private company in Japan, so whatever comments may be made by people or governments outside Japan on this film should not be seen as comments on the Government of Japan, as such. In fact, the film in no way reflects the position of the Government of Japan. The position of the Government of Japan on the question of past history in relation with the People's Republic of China and other countries is reflected fully in the statement made by then-Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama on 15 August 1995.