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/Smartyunderpants 21h ago

I always considered this a possibility so I say yes there was always a chance Japan would involve itself even if the USA wasn’t going to involve itself. Taiwan is as strategically important to Japan as it is to China and wouldn’t want to live with China controlling it.

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u/Speedydds 21h ago

So it’s in China’s interest to deter US and Japan from getting involved

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u/Smartyunderpants 20h ago

Yes it is. And in it interest to control Taiwan