Japan-US Alliance Would Crumble if Tokyo Ignored Taiwan Crisis, PM Takaichi Says

Japan–US Alliance ‘Would Collapse’ If Tokyo Turned a Blind Eye to Taiwan Crisis, PM Says

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Jan. 26 that if China and the United States were in conflict over Taiwan, Japan would work alongside its U.S. ally to protect Japanese and American citizens in Taiwan. “If the U.S. forces, acting jointly with us, were to come under attack, and we simply fled without doing anything, the Japan–U.S. Alliance would collapse,” Takaichi said on a TV Asahi program featuring major Japanese party leaders. “T…

Understanding Japan's Military Expansion - Armed Forces Press

...the 20th century's yesterday...you can care all you want...everybody does, yeah, that's okay Public Domain If you’ve been looking for a more substantial reason for the latest news coming from Japan, you’re thinking right. The last month or so since the new Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, took office, you’re hearing a lot of superficial symptoms of a larger issue. Hardline conservative Sanae Takaichi was voted in by parliament as Japan’s fir…

Japan-U.S. alliance would crumble if Tokyo ignored Taiwan crisis, PM Takaichi says

Ties between Japan and China have sunk to the worst level in years after Sanae Takaichi said in November that a hypothetical Chinese attack on Taiwan could ​bring about a Japanese military response

Takaichi: US alliance to fail if Japan snubs Taiwan

TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said the alliance between Tokyo and Washington would collapse if Japan failed to act in the event of an attack on the US military...

Japan-US alliance would collapse if Tokyo ignored Taiwan crisis: Takaichi

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Japan-US alliance would crumble if Tokyo ignored Taiwan crisis —PM Takaichi

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said the Japan-US alliance would collapse if Tokyo were to turn away from a conflict in Taiwan, but distanced herself from comments that suggested a military response.