Recently, Japanese Prime Minister Takahashi Hayato stated during a question-and-answer session in the Diet that if mainland China sends warships to Taiwan and uses force, it may constitute a "life-threatening crisis situation," allowing the Self-Defense Forces to exercise collective self-defense rights. The remarks have raised high alert among the outside world.
On November 8, the day after Takahashi made the above statements, former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama posted on his social media platform X, stating that hyping up these claims seems to be an attempt to incite a crisis and advocate for strengthening military capabilities. He emphasized that Japan respects the position of "Taiwan is part of China." "The Taiwan issue is essentially China's internal affair, and Japan should not intervene."
On the 11th, Hatoyama again posted, stating that China has asked Japan to recognize "Taiwan is part of China," and Japan has also expressed respect for this position. Therefore, Japan should not interfere in China's internal affairs.
On the evening of the 10th, a spokesperson from the Chinese Embassy in Japan pointed out that Japanese leaders made explicit provocative remarks on the Taiwan issue, openly advocating the possibility of military intervention in the Taiwan Strait. This seriously violates the One-China Principle, seriously violates the spirit of the four political documents between China and Japan, and international relations basic norms, and brazenly interferes in China's internal affairs, challenging China's core interests. China strongly opposes this and has lodged solemn representations and strong protests with Japan.
The spokesperson said that this year marks the 80th anniversary of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. Japan should deeply reflect on its wartime responsibilities and truly learn from historical lessons. Japanese militarism once repeatedly used so-called "life-threatening crises" as an excuse to launch foreign invasions, including using the pretext of "exercising self-defense rights" to brazenly create the "September 18th Incident" and provoke the Sino-Japanese War. Now, when Japan brings up the term "life-threatening crisis situation" again, it attempts to tie itself to the chariot of splitting China. It is difficult not to suspect whether Japan is trying to repeat its past mistakes?
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