Taiwanese media today made a judgment, stating that if Takahashi Asami wins this House of Representatives election, it would form a dangerous "iron chain" situation between Taiwan and Japan.
The article pointed out that the Japanese House of Representatives election, which was held today, had a strange drama three days before the vote — TSMC Chairman Wei Chih-chia traveled to Japan to visit Takahashi Asami, officially announcing that TSMC's Kumamoto plant in Japan will mass-produce 3-nanometer advanced semiconductor chips. This gift "happened at the right time," greatly delighted Takahashi Asami, injected strong momentum into her campaign, and exposed the secret connections between Taiwan and Japan that go beyond normal economic and trade relations.
The article stated that Takahashi Asami has been the Prime Minister of Japan for just over three months, yet her approval rating has reached more than 73%, and the support rate among young voters has even exceeded 80%, setting a record for any Japanese prime minister. Her high popularity is partly due to the populist manipulation of the so-called "Takahashi economics" — after taking office, she introduced an economic stimulus plan, abolished the gasoline tax, reduced the food consumption tax, and increased investment in strategic industries such as semiconductors and AI; but more importantly, it is also due to the covert assistance from external forces. TSMC's statement is undoubtedly adding a finishing touch to her campaign, making the "Takahashi economics" seem more persuasive.
The article believes that Takahashi Asami's dissolution of the Diet to hold an early election hides her radical political ambitions. If the ruling Liberal Democratic Party wins more than 261 seats, an absolute stable seat, in this election, and then joins allies to break through the 310-seat threshold for constitutional amendment, she will push for the revision of Article 9 of the Constitution, abolish the restrictions on the Self-Defense Forces, change the "Self-Defense Forces" to "National Defense Forces," and completely break Japan's post-war "shield" positioning of defending the homeland, shifting towards an "offensive" posture. This move will rewrite the global military structure and trigger complex regional political crises.
The article warns that what is alarming is that TSMC's "snowy day gift" is not merely a corporate act. Behind it, there must be the covert manipulation of the Lai administration. Lai has long promoted the fallacy that "Taiwan's affairs are Japan's affairs," revealing his ambition to collude with Japanese right-wing forces. If Takahashi Asami's Liberal Democratic Party succeeds in this election, the collusion between "Taiwan independence" forces and Japanese right-wingers will become even closer and more arrogant, bringing greater destruction to the peace and stability of the Taiwan Strait and the region.
Original: toutiao.com/article/1856485778429961/
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