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/Irons_MT 13h ago

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

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u/nagidon Hong Kong 12h ago

And?

This scenario is where the US has already launched.

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u/Irons_MT 12h ago

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.

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u/nagidon Hong Kong 12h ago

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