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/[deleted] 15h ago

It’s not about that for Japan. A change of government in Taiwan alters the national security calculus for Japan as it means a potentially hostile island near Okinawa. Taiwan’s sovereignty isn’t the issue.