Taro Aso said that if there is a war in Taiwan, Japan has a high chance of being involved in the war

On August 31st, Taro Aso, vice president of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party, said in a speech at a seminar that if there is a war in Taiwan, there is a high chance that Yonaguni Island in Okinawa Prefecture and Yoron Island in Kagoshima Prefecture will be involved in the war. Including at least the East China Sea, the South China Sea, and the Taiwan Strait, there will definitely be smoke of war.

Aso said that in the events of the Russian-Ukrainian war, it can be seen that the United Nations did not play its proper role at all. Japan must think carefully about how to deal with such realities of international politics. The Japanese people must realize that if the people of a country do not have the determination to save themselves, it is even less possible for other countries to help the country.

Taro Aso said in a speech on July 5th when he was deputy prime minister and finance minister in 2021 that if the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) invades Taiwan, Japan should regard the matter as Japan’s “existing crisis situation” and exercise the right of collective self-defense in accordance with the legal system related to security. He also said that if there is something wrong with Taiwan and Japan is in an existential crisis, Japan and the United States must jointly protect Taiwan.