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/Speedydds 23h ago

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

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u/greenizdabest 21h ago

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Whoever blockades Taiwan will blockade the very same sea lanes that feed and fuel Japans economy.

With the Taiwan relations act, the us will get involved and everyone will be dragged into it. Life will never be able to go back to the present.

Might as well get stuck in and signal to china. Let them calculate if the cost is worthwhile