The Kan government seeks to strengthen the Self Defense Force (SDF) force.
The Tokyo government has begun formal discussions on the legal basis for the use of the Self-Defense Forces in the event of an emergency in the Taiwan Strait, Kyodo News quoted several sources as saying on Sunday (25). Japan’s Yomiuri Shimbun reported the Kan government discussing the three SDF deployments in the event of a difference in the situation in Taiwan. (By Chen Junhao)
Japanese Prime Minister Kan Yoshihide and U.S. President Joe Biden met earlier, and the situation in Taiwan became the focus of the summit. The Japanese government is discussing the legal basis for the use of self-defense forces, touching on the evolution of the situation “important impact state of affairs”, “survival crisis state of affairs”, Japan suffered a direct attack “force attack state of affairs “Various situations, the Kan government seeks to strengthen the necessary defense capabilities of the Self-Defense Forces.
Kyodo News quoted sources as saying that earlier in the meeting between Biden and Kan, Japan expressed its views on the unexpected developments in Taiwan. Japan’s “Yomiuri Shimbun” reported that if Taiwan and China have a forceful conflict and other “Taiwan trouble” situation, according to the seriousness of the situation, the Japanese Self Defense Forces can take three kinds of action, including support for U.S. forces, based on the right to collective self-defense, and individual self-defense rights to take action.
The Yomiuri Shimbun reported that Taiwan is geographically close to the southwestern islands, including the Diaoyu Islands (or Senkaku Islands, as Japan calls them), over which Japan claims sovereignty, and in the event of an incident in Taiwan, the Japanese government will take more action than in the past based on the security-related bill implemented in 2016. If the situation in the Taiwan Strait becomes tense, the Japanese Self-Defense Forces will have three main types of actions.
First, when the Japanese government determines that the situation in Taiwan has reached an “important state of affairs” that “if left to develop, may evolve into a direct force attack on Japan and seriously affect the peace and security of Japan,” the SDF may provide fuel supplies and other logistical support to U.S. forces in accordance with the above-mentioned act. Logistical support.
Second, if the situation deteriorates further and becomes an “existential crisis situation” (existential crisis situation), i.e., an armed attack on another country closely related to Japan, resulting in “a state of danger that threatens the survival of the Japanese nation and clearly subverts the lives and rights of its citizens in a fundamental way “If the attack on the U.S. military is a result of the restricted right of collective self-defense, the Self Defense Forces will be able to use force to counterattack. But the report said that the prerequisites for determining the “existential crisis state” are very strict, and the Japanese government will be quite cautious.
Third, that is, “the state of force attack”, when including the U.S. military bases in Japan, Japan is attacked by force and other “crisis is clearly approaching”, the Self Defense Force can exercise individual self-defense right to counter-attack.
However, the Japanese Self-Defense Forces must first obtain permission from the Diet if they are to be deployed in accordance with the above three states of affairs.
The Chinese Communist Party’s marine police entered the “Diaoyu Islands waters for patrol” on Sunday (25). Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi said that the Chinese Communist Party is “invading step by step” in an inconspicuous place; Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian called on the Japanese side not to “talk nonsense.
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