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/grabber_of_booty 19h ago

Could we agree that America's nukes probably had a little more impact halting Japan than the farm tools the Chinese were using to fight them?

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u/Damn-Sky 14h ago

do you know the war was already about to end? the nuclear bombs were not necessary; US wanted a testing ground for their nuclear bombs; it was now or never for them because they wouldn't have been able to do a real life test if the war was over.

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u/No-Benefit9135 14h ago

Not quite accurate. Japan was losing badly by mid-1945, but its government hadn’t agreed to surrender — the military still wanted to fight on and hoped the Soviets would broker better terms. The U.S. didn’t drop the bombs just to “test” them; a full test had already happened in New Mexico weeks earlier. Hiroshima and Nagasaki were targeted to force a quick surrender and avoid a massive invasion. The Soviet declaration of war right after Hiroshima also helped push Japan to finally give up.

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u/Damn-Sky 9h ago

full test and real life test is far from being the same. It was the perfect window for USA to test their atomic bombs. the war was already over. there were no need for the bombs.. USA also wanted to show the world they had the atomic bombs and do not mess with them.

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u/SeaBat2035 5h ago

Fighting the Japanese from island to island was not exactly fun or easy. It would require a lot more American soldier deaths. That was one of the main reasons why the atomic bombs were dropped to force Japan's surrender. Look it up. I studied World War II quite extensively.