"We need to think hard that Okinawa could be the next," Aso was quoted as saying.
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"If a major problem took place in Taiwan, it would not be too much to say that it could relate to a survival-threatening situation [for Japan]," Japan's deputy prime minister Taro Aso said at a fundraising party by a fellow Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker, according to Kyodo.
A "survival-threatening situation" refers to a situation where an armed attack against a foreign country that is in a close relationship with Japan occurs, which in turns poses a clear risk of threatening Japan's survival.
Such a situation is one of the conditions that need to be met for Japan to exercise its right of collective self-defense, or coming to the aid of an ally under attack.
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While America focuses on internal domestic problems the danger of a major war with china looms ever closer
The japanese statement is encouraging because a strong united coalition confronting china offers the best chance of avoiding armed conflict
If the democracies are united and resolute china MAY back down
I had a respect for Japan at a young age when I read about their miracle economic transition from an agrarian country to a full blown technological powerhouse post-war.
Also, who doesn't respect the courage of the ancient Samurai culture?
Then there is there is Hiro Onada. If they reclaim this fighting spirit, the Commies are in deep, trouble:
Dead at 91, the Japanese WW2 soldier who refused to surrender for 30 years while hiding in Philippines jungle
Hiroo Onoda (pictured) died on Thursday at a Tokyo hospital after a brief stay there. Chief government spokesman Yoshihide Suga praised his indomitable spirit.
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A Japanese soldier who refused to surrender after the Second World War ended and spent 29 years hiding in the jungle while continuing a guerilla war has died aged 91.
Hiroo Onoda remained on an island in the Philippines until 1974 because he did not believe the war was over.
He became the last Japanese soldier to surrender – but only after his former commander, who in 1945 had told him to stay behind and spy on American troops, was flown from Japan to order him to give up.
His extraordinary determination to carry on made Mr Onoda a hero in his homeland, although he was said to have killed 30 people while evading capture. His story was turned into a film and a book.
He had come out of hiding, erect but emaciated, on Lubang island on his 52nd birthday.