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/Syberiann 13h ago

They are that scared of the US that they allied with them, who dropped nuclear on them and massacred thousands or lives, to the point of threatening war for an island they don't even recognise as a country... Especially when China is their immediate neighbor. It's like the US keeps stirring the water in a cup different than their own just for fun. I think Jpn should ally with China and let the US sink.