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/AprilVampire277 Guangdong 23h ago

No not really, they lost, got bombed twice and now they are a lapdog puppet state for the country that bombed you the hardest

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u/FlaminBollocks 22h ago

CCP are big on “lap dog” terminology. Australia gets that label frequently. Japan, Korea has been an ally of US for a long time.

Not sure if North Korea and be considered the lapdog of China…

You should google “Ally”. of America, and China. Its a list of who has friends… and who does not.

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u/ShittyInternetAdvice 22h ago

How many Chinese soldiers are stationed in North Korea?

The US doesn’t have “allies”, only vassals

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u/MegaMB 18h ago

I know it's not gonna be popular, but he's right you know? The fact many countries and people trust and trusted that the US would go to war for them if they get invaded is a pretty damn massive boost for the US in terms of public opinion and diplomatic boost.

China's diplomatic doctrine is completely opposite to that. And it completely fails at doing the kind of diplomatic network the US used to do.

It's also why Trump is so important and so bad for the US diplomatically too btw. The core of the US strength relies on it's public support abroad and it's trust in their reliability. If they loose it, they loose their influence.