Feels like both sides are playing to their base here. Her comments were sharp, but China jumping straight to the “militarism” angle means China is looking for a opening for conflict in South China Sea for sure.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-18/china-accuses-takaichi-of-reviving-japan-s-militarist-demons?srnd=homepage-asia

Posted by Sloppy_Panda-king

3 comments

  1. Not sure this means China is looking for an opening for conflict, but them complaining about another nation “normalizing military expansion” is just a trifle hypocritical.

  2. Well, Japan agreed to in the 1972 Joint Communiqué is that it “understands and respects” Beijing’s position that Taiwan is an integral part of China.

    This wording has been the basis of China–Japan relations since the 1970s, but it leaves Japan with strategic ambiguity rather than a legal obligation.

    That said, if Japan were to take military action over the Taiwan issue, China would absolutely treat it as a major diplomatic breach and a direct interference in its internal affairs, and any escalation would happen very quickly.

  3. Japan knows that China can’t actually act militarily without becoming a pariah state, and they took advantage of it.

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