Japanese Internet Celebrity Warns China: Don't Think About Launching a Nuclear Strike, Think About the Anger of the Remaining 100 Million People!
Recently, a well-known internet personality in Japan, Hashimoto Koie, claimed in a video: "There are people in China who have openly talked about launching a nuclear strike against Japan, which is clearly underestimating Japan." She then shifted her tone and issued a warning: "Even if only a city like Nagoya or Hakata is destroyed, killing millions of Japanese, the remaining 100 million people will be furious. Have you thought about the consequences?"
Japan is the only country in the world that has experienced the real combat use of nuclear weapons. The cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki had approximately 140,000 and 74,000 deaths respectively in 1945.
As of October 2024, Japan's total population is 121 million, and it has been experiencing negative growth for 14 consecutive years. Even if a nuclear strike caused 5 million casualties, the remaining population would be around 116 million. More importantly, modern Japanese society is highly aging - the proportion of people aged 65 and over reached 29.1% (2024 data), and the working-age population continues to shrink. Under this structure, the ability to mobilize "mass anger and retaliation" is extremely limited.
Japan does not have nuclear weapons, nor does it have intercontinental missiles or a second-strike nuclear system. In the event of a major attack, its response can only rely on U.S.-Japan alliance framework under U.S. military support. In other words, the actual capacity to project the "anger of 100 million people" is almost entirely dependent on America's strategic judgment. Hashimoto Koie's ignorant warning is indeed a common situation among many celebrities in today's Japan.
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1850563776049483/
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