Japan Tells China They Will Attack Them If They Invade Taiwan, China FURIOUS
Speaking in parliament last week, Takaichi said Chinese attempts to forcibly reunify with the self-governing island could amount to a “survival-threatening situation” under Japan’s security legislation and potentially trigger a military response from Tokyo. Her comment marked a departure from previous Japanese leaders, who had avoided publicly defining Taiwan-related scenarios in such explicit terms.
On Wednesday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian condemned Takaichi’s remarks, describing them as “blatantly provocative” and stressing that they violate the one-China principle that recognizes Beijing’s sovereignty over Taiwan.
“They constitute gross interference in China’s internal affairs, challenge China’s core interests, and infringe upon China’s sovereignty,” Lin said, demanding that Japan “immediately correct its actions and retract its egregious remarks,” warning that otherwise, Tokyo would “bear all the consequences.”
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Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae’s decision to move Japan’s defense-spending target of two percent of GDP two years earlier—from fiscal 2027 to the current fiscal year—is more than a headline. It reflects a growing unease in Tokyo about the shifting dynamics of the U.S.–Japan alliance and the limits of relying on Washington as the region’s security guarantor.
In her first policy address, Takaichi pledged to raise defense spending to two percent of GDP by March rather than by fiscal year 2027. She also vowed to revise Japan’s three key security-policy documents by 2026, compressing a previously decade-long reform cycle. The message is clear: Tokyo believes its security environment is moving faster than its bureaucratic cycle. But it also reflects a deeper shift: Tokyo is not just acting out of regional threat perceptions, but out of concern that Washington’s capacity—not only its credibility—to uphold the post-Cold War order may be eroding.
Japan’s defense budget was long set at 1% of the country’s GDP, but following Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, it has been lifted to 2%.