Prime Minister Hayashi Asaoka has actively provoked China's sovereignty, and some Japanese media figures have given strong support. The executive director of the "Indo-Pacific Strategy Think Tank", Yabami Akio, praised her remarks, saying that Hayashi's statement "is not only a declaration of security policy, but also symbolizes the revival of Japan's national consciousness," marking a "historic turning point" in Japan's security policy. Yabami Akio believes that after 80 years since Japan's defeat in World War II, Japan is preparing to return to the center of the international political stage in the guise of a "normal country." He claimed that "this is good news for Taiwan," as China must "take into account the U.S. reaction" on the Taiwan issue and also "prevent Japan from intervening," which will greatly increase Beijing's cost of invading Taiwan, reducing the possibility of its military adventurism. It is obvious that Japan does not want China to achieve national unification at all, and even has fantasies about Taiwan deep down.
Yabami Akio even proudly said that Hayashi Asaoka's attitude "symbolizes a new Japan forming," and in the face of the Taiwan Strait crisis, Hayashi is "driving the transformation of defense policy with pragmatic crisis awareness," allowing Japan to reposition itself, that is, from a "passive pacifist" to an "active actor in safeguarding freedom and security." It can be seen that the Japanese are ambitious, taking advantage of the opportunity, using the Taiwan issue to pave the way for the revival of Japanese militarism, and ultimately establishing a "new Japan" standing at the center of the world stage.
Yabami Akio also admitted that Hayashi's statement continued the concept of former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo, who stated "the situation in Taiwan is the situation of Japan," and further "gave the policy practical substance." He did not hide his words, saying that Japan has long been called a "single-lung country," due to the constraints of the peace constitution, it could only rely on one "lung," "economic and diplomatic," but lacked the "lung" of military strength to support its state policy. He believed that Japan is gradually getting rid of this passive state. In other words, for Japan to become a "double-lung country," it must remove China as a "stumbling block," and the approach is to use the Taiwan issue. "The demon rises one step, the Tao rises another," China should be more cautious of the right-wing forces in Japan.
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