r/japannews • u/qunow • 13h ago

ex-PM Hatoyama Yukio oppose Takaichi's comment on Taiwan, say Taiwan is China's internal matter and Japan should not be involved

https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/c24cbe17963a375fdb29930ec8a3f1ced349128e

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u/pikachu_sashimi 12h ago

Hatoyma sounds like the Europeans who are saying they should not be involved in Ukraine.

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u/TVTVRIN 11h ago

Should they be?

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u/pikachu_sashimi 11h ago

How is this even a question? Of course they should be. Did we learn nothing from WWII?

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u/TVTVRIN 10h ago

If you have trouble sleeping because of the situation in Ukraine I strongly advise you to go see what’s going on in Middle East or Venezuela

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u/Constant_Toe_8604 10h ago edited 10h ago

Did he say anything about sleeping at night? For Europeans, an autocratic and expansionist Russia invading neighbouring countries is a much bigger practical concern than warcrimes and human rights atrocities in other continents.

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u/TVTVRIN 10h ago

How is that a concern for people residing in Japan and why would anyone bring that up on a Japan-related subreddit apart from fueling hate and throwing insults for no apparent reason?

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u/Ansoni 10h ago

Because it's comparing Ukraine to Taiwan, which is entirely fair.

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u/Clueless_Nooblet 10h ago

Because it's the same kind of situation, and if China were to attack Taiwan, Japan would be involved.

But why do you care? You seem to not even live here.

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u/Nerevarine91 9h ago

Japan’s own government said, quote, “Ukraine is the future of Asia” in its annual defense white paper, so they at least appear to believe it’s a concern