Lawmaker Says Japan Should Push Back China With US

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00:00When it comes to a Taiwan contingency, I believe it's actually good that Japan's prime minister

00:06made somewhat bold statements. This serves as a form of deterrence against Xi Jinping and China.

00:12What would happen to Japan if China expelled all Japanese companies out of China? Japanese

00:17companies would suffer losses, but the Chinese government couldn't possibly do that. Why? Because

00:22those Japanese companies employ a large number of Chinese people. If we don't put a stop to that

00:27kind of remarks here, it will create a precedent in favor of them. No matter how outrageous or

00:32terrible their remarks are, they will think it will be okay in Japan. If that happens, Japan-China

00:37relations will never achieve a stable relationship. Having studied the Chinese Communist Party regime

00:42for many years, I understand their habits well. They always become arrogant and adopt an intimidating

00:48attitude towards those who yield or appear weak. Conversely, they treat strong opponents with

00:53politeness. That's China. Japan is smaller in size than China and militarily. They might be superior.

01:00But Japan has an advantage China lacks. Japan has allies. The Japan-US alliance is for a situation like this.