Reference News Network, November 25 report. According to the Japanese website "Nikkan Sports" on November 24, former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama posted on the social media platform X on the 24th, once again commenting on Japanese Prime Minister Asahi Sato's erroneous remarks regarding Taiwan.
The report said that during a parliamentary hearing on the 7th, when asked whether "Taiwan-related incidents" constituted a "life-or-death crisis situation" under the Security Council Act that allows for collective self-defense rights, Sato replied: "If it is accompanied by the use of force, it may constitute a 'life-or-death crisis situation.' This statement caused a huge uproar. The Chinese side took countermeasures against Sato's erroneous remarks. The relevant developments are gradually intensifying, and bilateral relations are becoming increasingly tense.
The report said that in this context, Hatoyama posted on the 24th pointing out: "Linking the issue of Taiwan, which is China's internal affair, with Japan's life-or-death crisis and the exercise of collective self-defense rights is an error by the Prime Minister Sato, and it is natural for China to criticize this. Why don't Japanese media conduct more criticism?"
Yukio Hatoyama wrote: "Historian Hanihara Ichirō pointed out that 'the media led Japan into war.' The same mistake must not be committed again." (Translation/ Ma Xiaoyun)
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