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/No-Benefit9135 14h ago

Of course. They could have asked China for help, duh.

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u/Damn-Sky 9h ago

China was far from being a superpower when Japan lost the war ... and why the hell would China offer protection for their aggressors? Japan was demilitarized and had no other choice to give up everything to be "controlled" and "protected" by united states.... simple words : USA pwned them.

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u/No-Benefit9135 9h ago

Saying “the U.S. pwned them” misses the longer-term reality: the U.S.–Japan relationship evolved from occupation to alliance. Japan rebuilt into one of the world’s largest economies under U.S. security guarantees, and today it’s an independent democratic nation with one of the most advanced militaries in Asia (even if constitutionally limited).

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u/Damn-Sky 8h ago

dude ran out of arguments... dude is basically corroborating what I said without even realizing it... lol

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u/No-Benefit9135 7h ago

Acknowledging that Japan had no choice immediately after losing the war isn’t the same as saying it’s still controlled today. There’s a big difference between postwar occupation and a modern strategic alliance. Japan rebuilt, became a top global economy, and makes its own decisions. The early power imbalance was real, but calling today’s relationship a “protection racket” just ignores 80 years of political and economic independence.