fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day agoChina and Japan are in a war of words over Taiwan what happens next?
Japan's postwar constitution forbids it from using force as a means of settling international disputes but a 2015 law passed when Takaichi's mentor, Shinzo Abe, was prime minister permits it to exercise collective self-defence in certain situations, even if it is not directly under attack. China's ruling Communist party claims Taiwan is a province and has vowed to annex it by military force if it can't convince or coerce Taiwan to accept what it calls reunification.
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