TOKYO -- Japan would be in a "survival-threatening situation" if Taiwan were to be attacked, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has said, a designation that would enable the Self-Defense Forces to exercise limited collective self-defense.
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Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi during a hearing in the Diet. (Photo by Ken Suzuki)
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