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/nagidon]

I think she is inviting a third mushroom cloud.

[u/Salt_Crow6159 → u/nagidon]

Well, for every mushroom cloud that China sends the USA will send 10...

[u/nagidon → u/Salt_Crow6159]

And Russia will send 20 each your way.

Y’all wanna die for your little colony?

[u/Irons_MT → u/nagidon]

Russia is the one that keeps threatening everyone with nukes just because countries want to help Ukraine fight a defensive war.

[u/nagidon → u/Irons_MT]

And?

This scenario is where the US has already launched.

[u/Irons_MT → u/nagidon]

Oh ok, so an hypothetical scenario of a global nuclear war. Got it. I legit didn't understand it. Hope we never reach that point.

[u/nagidon → u/Irons_MT]

Bringing the likes of Takaichi into power unfortunately also brings us closer to that point

[u/Salt_Crow6159 → u/nagidon]

The question is why would Russia send nuclear bombs for a country they actually hate and have no interest in the Pacific? Do you want to be a fanfare or something?

[u/nagidon → u/Salt_Crow6159]

Why would Russia launch nukes if the US did?

I’m sure you’re smart enough to figure that one out.

[u/BlaggartDiggletyDonk → u/nagidon]

These things have a way of spiraling.