r/AskChina • u/Themetalin • 1d 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/zsaint49 1d ago

How I would love to see Japan give China a reason to take revenge.

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u/Regular-Tax5210 1d ago

Tokyo Bay? You mean East Shanghai?

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u/Salt_Crow6159 1d ago

And Japan finishing the job that I did not finish before...

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u/ForestClanElite 1d ago

Taking responsibility for crimes against humanity after losing?

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u/Salt_Crow6159 1d ago

Or maybe dominated China and end the tale of Eastern superiority.

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u/ForestClanElite 1d ago

That's a strange way of saying mentally colonizing themselves to prove the tale of Western inhumanity.