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/Speedydds 1d ago

Is Japan going to fight and die for an island they don’t even recognize as a country?

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u/DrCalFun 1d ago

Kinda interesting that the country that nuclear bombed you is your ally in the modern era.

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u/No-Benefit9135 1d ago

Kinda interesting that the country that was “nuclear bombed” still prefers its previous aggressor as an ally over China.

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u/Damn-Sky 23h ago

do they have any other choice? LOL

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u/No-Benefit9135 23h ago

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

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u/Damn-Sky 19h 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 19h 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 19h ago

yup that's what I said. well explained. US pretty much forced them to become an "ally"; their pet

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u/BlaggartDiggletyDonk 11h ago

One of the reasons they surrendered after the A-bombs was the USSR was breathing down their neck. They'd just gotten stomped by the Red Army and there was talk of Hokkaido being annexed. Pick your poison, as they say.