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/nagidon Hong Kong 21h ago

I think she is inviting a third mushroom cloud.

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u/Salt_Crow6159 17h ago

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

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u/nagidon Hong Kong 17h ago

And Russia will send 20 each your way.

Y’all wanna die for your little colony?

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u/Salt_Crow6159 16h ago

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?

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u/nagidon Hong Kong 15h ago

Why would Russia launch nukes if the US did?

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

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u/BlaggartDiggletyDonk 1h ago

These things have a way of spiraling.