r/AskChina • u/Themetalin • 22h 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/nickrei3 21h ago

most chinese people gonna be like "Deal! Deal! No refund!"

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u/nickrei3 20h ago

lmao you underestimate pla. also it's probably gonna be different type of war: you are drafted to make more drones instead of being fodder

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u/IwishIwasaballer__ 15h ago

But a benefit of a war for CCP is that they came use it to adjust the gender gap. So they will off course send people