Abe would do even more damage to the region’s perception of Japan were he to use his speech to try to mollify right-wing supporters. Chinese and Koreans, in particular, will be incensed should he avoid overt apologies for Japan’s behavior during World War II or question criticism of its conduct at the time, such as the Imperial Japanese Army’s sexual enslavement of Korean “comfort women.”
安倍将进一步损害日本的地区形象，如果试图利用讲话来安抚右翼支持者。如果他回避就日本二战期间所作所为公开道歉或质疑对日本当时罪行——如日本皇军性奴役韩国“慰安妇”——的批评，那么尤其会激怒中韩两国。