by Tyler Durden
Tuesday, Jul 06, 2021 - 10:40 PM
Washington appears to be successfully wooing Japan to its side after urging a more united standing up against China when it comes to Taiwan and other contested sovereignty issues in the South China Sea.
Japanese Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso on Monday made some surprising statements, saying that any future Chinese invasion of Taiwan would likely be interpreted in Tokyo as a threat to Japan s survival - allowing the government to deploy its Self-Defense Forces for collective self-defense.
While not necessarily a new policy given recent updates to Japan s post-World War II constitution allow the country to deploy armed forces only in instances it s under attack, Aso s choosing to specifically invoke the hotly contested Taiwan issue alongside an expressed willingness to defend the island with the United States will be taken as especially bellicose and brazen in Beijing.
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