In just two weeks, relations between China and Japan’s new Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, deteriorated. The ultraconservative and revisionist position on the question of the memory of the first woman to lead Japan certainly promised difficult times with Beijing, but diplomatic tensions soon eased. Asked on Friday, November 7, in Parliament by an opposition member about scenarios in the region that could pose a threat to Japan, Ms.I Takaichi replied: “If warships are used and maritime blockade (in Taiwan) involved the use of force, I think it was a situation that could be considered a threat to Japan’s survival. »
Resurrection a ” threat “ existential for Japan implies that Tokyo could intervene militarily to support Taipei in the event of war. A decade earlier, the then head of government, Shinzo Abe, whose political legacy Sanae Takaichi claims, had changed Japan’s constitution to allow the Self-Defense Forces to intervene abroad despite constitutional pacifism, if “life sustainability” Japan is at stake. China’s reaction was not long in coming and was brutal. “There is no other choice but to decide on this matter without hesitation disgusting neck stretches towards us »wrote the Chinese consul in Osaka, Xue Jian, on X.
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