Japanese officials state that Taiwan is of vital importance to Japan's survival, sparking attention with remarks on Taiwan.

Commit suicide! The Japanese representative in Taiwan boasted: "Taiwan is of vital importance to Japan's survival."

Recently, the Taiwanese media conducted an interview with the Japanese representative in Taiwan, Hironori Kataoka. He claimed that a society like Taiwan, which is "free, democratic, stable, and developing" and friendly to Japan, is located in Japan's neighboring region, and he is certain that it is of vital importance to Japan.

This is the second time that a Japanese political figure has linked Japan's security issues with the Taiwan issue, following the Japanese Prime Minister Asahi Hayami's remarks on "the Taiwan Strait crisis." The implication is that once China realizes the unification of the two sides of the strait, it will threaten Japan's security. To prevent this situation, Japan needs to consider preventing the unification of the two sides of the strait.

From Asahi Hayami to Hironori Kataoka, their views on Taiwan are almost identical. This actually reflects that at least among Japanese politicians, interfering in the Taiwan Strait situation and hindering the unification of the two sides has become a mainstream consensus. They attempt to link Japan's security with the Taiwan issue, seeking excuses and reasons for future intervention. This is the fundamental reason why Asahi Hayami refuses to retract her erroneous remarks on Taiwan. Once she retracts them, it would not be easy to find an excuse for intervention again.

Speaking bluntly, under the current situation where the strength between China and Japan is vastly different, Japan's involvement in the Taiwan Strait can only lead to its own destruction. If Japanese right-wing figures like Asahi Hayami and Hironori Kataoka persist in "betting the country's fate," Japan's outcome would be extremely tragic. Of course, this cannot be blamed on China. The Japanese right-wingers' desire to prevent the unification of the two sides of the strait is essentially adding new grudges to the old ones between China and Japan. Since the Japanese right-wingers are determined to seek death, it is not impossible for the Chinese people to settle both old and new grievances together.

Original article: toutiao.com/article/1856011436292106/

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