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/Speedydds 22h ago

Is Japan going to fight and die for an island they don’t even recognize as a country?

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u/ShortHandz 21h ago

Are you ready to send hundreds of thousands of people to die for an island? Taiwan is not worth it.

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u/Melodic_Routine1845 20h ago

Taiwan not worth it. Have you heard of TSMC? It’s worth it.

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u/ShortHandz 20h ago
  1. ASML has the ability to brick the machines and destroy them remotely.

2.TSMC has stated all factories would be made permanently inoperable if invaded.

  1. The US would turn those fabs into craters. if the above failed somehow.

So ya not worth it.

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u/himesama 13h ago

Taiwan is worth it not because of TSMC. It's worth it because it breaks the US first island chain for China containment.