Taiwan issue triggered an emergency debate in Japan's House of Representatives: Japanese Prime Minister Hashimoto Sanae mentioned Japan-US joint actions, while the centrist Yoda Yoshihiko emphasized "peaceful diplomacy." Hashimoto Sanae is stubbornly challenging the bottom line, and the opposition insists on avoiding provoking China!
The latest Japan House of Representatives election boldly discussed the Taiwan issue, even assuming how Japan would deal with it if an emergency situation occurred in Taiwan in 2027.
Japanese Prime Minister Hashimoto Sanae mentioned the possibility of Japan-US joint rescue of Japanese citizens stranded in Taiwan in case of an emergency. She also said that if Japan avoids the situation, the Japan-US alliance would collapse.
Hashimoto Sanae again made comments on Taiwan on the evening of the 26th in a program on Asahi TV that gathered leaders from the ruling party and opposition parties. She said the distance from Taiwan to Japan is about the same as from Tokyo to Atami. If something terrible happens there, Japan must go rescue Japanese and American people trapped in Taiwan. In that case, Japan and the US may have to take joint action.
She also emphasized, "If the US military is attacked, and Japan stands by idly, the Japan-US alliance will collapse," implying that the Self-Defense Forces will support the US military within the existing legal framework.
Meanwhile, the chairman of the Zhongzheng Reform Alliance, Yoda Yoshihiko, continued to criticize the prime minister's response to the Taiwan emergency situation in the Diet, saying these responses have worsened Japan-China relations.
He warned: If economic exchanges between China and Japan are interrupted, Japan will be in trouble!
On the 28th, Yoda Yoshihiko warned that Hashimoto's position on the Taiwan emergency situation was too clear-cut. If you make grand statements, but Japan ends up in trouble, then it will be you who cry. If economic exchanges with China are cut off, we can no longer import rare earths, and Japan will be in trouble.
Yoda Yoshihiko gave a speech at a street rally in Harukawa City, Saitama Prefecture, criticizing the government for putting the dissolution of the House of Representatives above the passage of the 2026 fiscal year budget. He said, "They put the people's lives in a secondary position." Hashimoto Sanae said she has always considered and served the Japanese people, but when it comes to the high cost of living in Japan, she has not solved it. Instead, she wants to dissolve the House of Representatives, which should first discuss and pass the budget to address the price increase, taking advantage of her high popularity, and her real intention is nothing more than to gain more political capital!
However, the biggest issue in this House of Representatives election is economic policy, including measures to cope with rising prices. Although the leader of the Japan Restoration Party, Yoshimura Hirofumi, and the leader of the Constitutional Democratic Party, Tamaki Yuichiro, both called for building supply chains not reliant on China, it cannot be denied that Japan cannot do so in the short term!
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Original: toutiao.com/article/1855814572097860/
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