One year after Takaichi's Taiwan contingency remarks: “We will advance dialogue to protect national interests”

Prime Minister Takaichi said Japan will comprehensively advance a strategic mutually beneficial relationship with China and hold dialogue to protect national interests on shared challenges. She described China as an important neighbour with a long history of exchanges despite current difficulties. Takaichi had told the Diet last year that a Taiwan contingency involving the use of force could constitute a survival-threatening situation. Japan-China relations are reported to remain strained since then.

• Takaichi stresses advancing a strategic mutually beneficial relationship with China
• Calls for dialogue to protect Japan's national interests
• Japan-China relations remain strained a year after the Diet remarks

高市総理大臣 「中国との間で戦略的互恵関係を包括的に推進する。共通の課題については意思疎通を図って国益を守るための対話を進めて建設的かつ安定的な関係を構築していくという考えでございます」 　高市総理大臣は「中国は重要な隣国で、課題があるなかでも長年の積み重ねがある」としたうえで、「国益を守るための対話を進める」と強調しました。 　高市総理は去年、台湾有事を巡り、武力行使を伴うものであれば「存立危機事態になり得る」と国会で答弁し、日中関係は冷え込んだ状態が続いています。 [テレ朝NEWS] https://news.tv-asahi.co.jp