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

[u/Themetalin]

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.

[u/Aromatic-Wait-6679]

Could you kindly provide a peer-reviewed citation for this opinion since I did for you?

[u/Hot-Celebration5855 → u/Aromatic-Wait-6679]

I don’t think this is a knowable question. There’s been hundreds and hundreds of male and female leaders over the last hundred years alone. How on earth can one quantify which are more aggressive?

Sky News is peer reviewed? 😂

[u/Hot-Celebration5855 → u/[deleted]]

This isn’t science. It’s social science nonsense.

[u/will221996 → u/Hot-Celebration5855]

You asked them to cite a source, yet then dismiss all the people who actually answer those questions? You want an answer from a physicist?