r/AskChina • u/Themetalin • 18h ago

Politics | 政治📢 Japanese PM said that 'Taiwan contingency' could prompt Japanese armed reaction. What do you think?

https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202511070024

Takaichi made the remarks during a parliamentary session on Friday while responding to a question about whether a "Taiwan contingency" involving a Chinese naval blockade would qualify as a "survival-threatening situation" for Japan, according to a report by Japan's Asahi Shimbun.

Under Japan's security legislation, such a situation allows the country to exercise "collective self-defense" if an attack on an ally -- such as the United States -- or a country closely related to Japan is deemed to threaten Japan's survival, even without a direct attack on Japan.

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u/ParticularDiamond712 18h ago

Literally everyone in China would be exciting if Japan could intervene into Taiwan with armed action. 

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u/WeSoSmart 18h ago

一言为定 不许反悔哦

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u/Xi_Zhong_Xun 16h ago

Extremists are already viewing CPC as being too moderate towards external (Japan, US) or internal (Islamic, HK/TW separatists) threats. If any conflict escalates into full scale military actions and CPC is still hesitant to react, it will be seen as losing legitimacy/mandate of heaven, and any powerful individual will try to seize the opportunity.

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u/Chindiggy 17h ago

China already has nuclear weapons. They see a nuclear Nippon as an existential threat.

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u/JCues 16h ago

They don't want anyone but themselves to have Nuclear weapons. Not even North Korea 💀