Despite his numerous achievements as president, Lee is trumpeting his nationalist/anti-Japanese credentials in the waning days of his term, which ends in February 2013. Indeed, so strident has he become that he refused to accept a message from Japan’s prime minister about his island visit.
尽管在总统任期内成绩出众，但李明博还是在任期快结束时高调展示自己的民族主义/反日立场。他的任期将于2013年2月结束。事实上，他强硬到了无视日本首相关于他登岛的意见的程度。