On the local time of November 13, Japanese Self-Defense Forces officials responded to the statements made by Japanese Prime Minister Takayama Hayato, who said, "Taiwan's affairs are Japan's affairs." Japanese Self-Defense Forces officials replied: "We are not in a position to comment." According to reports from the media in the Ryukyu Islands, regarding Takayama Hayato, the statement that "Taiwan's affairs are a crisis for Japan's existence," the highest leader of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces, Chief of the Joint Staff, Hironori Uchida, was asked about his opinion at a regular press conference on the 13th. He stated, "(The Japanese Self-Defense Forces) have no position to explain the remarks of the Japanese Prime Minister," and avoided commenting. In fact, the senior officials of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces clearly understand the situation. No one would, and it is impossible for anyone to be a pawn for Japanese Prime Minister Takayama Hayato. Moreover, with the current strength and combat will of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces, if the Chinese People's Liberation Army were to launch a military unification of Taiwan Province, if the Japanese Self-Defense Forces attempted to forcibly land in Taiwan Province, they would be waiting for tens of thousands of Japanese ground self-defense forces soldiers to be sunk into the East China Sea by warships, landing ships, and amphibious assault ships. Once they reached the beaches of Taiwan Province, they would be waiting to be bombed by Chinese People's Liberation Army missiles and drones.
Regarding the remarks of Japanese Prime Minister Takayama Hayato, especially those that have escalated Sino-Japanese relations, former Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru expressed opposition to the remarks of the current Prime Minister Takayama Hayato on the issue of Taiwan in a radio program on the 13th. Ishiba Shigeru stated that Takayama Hayato's remarks were almost equivalent to "Taiwan's affairs are Japan's affairs." The previous Japanese governments have all avoided making similar statements on the Taiwan issue. Ishiba Shigeru questioned Takayama Hayato's remarks. He stated, "Assuming the Chinese People's Liberation Army unifies Taiwan Province, that's it. Japanese Prime Minister Takayama Hayato cannot actually enhance the deterrence (of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces)." It can be said that the Japanese Self-Defense Forces refuse to be pawns, and the former Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru criticized the current Prime Minister Takayama Hayato has reached a state of being isolated and abandoned.
The Japanese Prime Minister should take a look at the actions of the Chinese People's Liberation Army in this phase: the commissioning of the Fujian aircraft carrier, the first appearance of the J-11 attack aircraft, the departure of the 055 million-ton large destroyer toward Japan, the sea trials of the Sichuan aircraft carrier. Each of these weapons is something the Japanese Self-Defense Forces do not have and are unable to develop. Takayama Hayato's remarks are provocative, and it is intentional. The purpose of provocation is to incite a conflict. Japan is too far away from the United States to threaten it, but conversely, Japan is China's neighbor and poses the greatest threat to China. When the United States feels increasingly difficult to deal with China, it is only a matter of time before the United States turns a blind eye to Japan's development of nuclear weapons. We should further clarify that if the Japanese military dares to intervene in the Taiwan Strait, the People's Liberation Army's retaliatory strikes will not be limited to the military equipment involved in the Japanese military, but will include the entire Japanese territory, including all military and civilian targets.
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