Japan, Luo Zhaohui (羅照輝)

Japan must bear the consequences arising from this. The visit, the first by an incumbent Japanese prime minister since 2006, causes great harm to the feelings of the Asian people and creates a significant new political obstacle to bilateral relations.

- Luo Zhaohui (羅照輝), a director-general of the ministry's department of Asian affairs, in a statement posted on a verified ministry microblog (Dec 26, 2013)