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PM Takaichi is reflecting on herself, and there probably won't be such statements going forward,LDP research council chair said on Fuji TV: media

Global Times

By Global Times Published: Nov 17, 2025 04:45 PM

Tamura Norihisa, the acting chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)'s Policy Research Council, said on a Fuji TV program that "the Prime Minister herself is reflecting on the parts where the background was not fully explained. There probably won't be such statements going forward," the Sankei Shimbun reported on Sunday.

Norihisa made the remarks after several Chinese ministries and government agencies expressed strong protests and stern warnings against Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's erroneous and dangerous remarks on Taiwan.

On the program Fuji TV program, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan's Policy Research Council Chairman Tomofumi Honjo criticized Takaichi'sparliamentary response, stating that her view that a Taiwan contingency could constitute a "situation of existential crisis" allowing Japan to exercise collective self-defense "shows insufficient understanding of security legislation." He also pointed out that her recognition of Taiwan's positioning from China's perspective was inadequate, the Sankei Shimbun reported.

Takaichi claimed at a Diet meeting on November 7 that the Chinese mainland's "use of force on Taiwan" could constitute a "survival-threatening situation" for Japan. She refused to retract her remarks which imply the possibility of armed intervention in the Taiwan Straits.

Multiple Chinese ministries and government agencies have condemned the Japanese side's related moves and remarks, warning that Japan would face a resolute response if it dared to meddle in the Taiwan question, amid ongoing backlash at home and abroad triggered by the erroneous and provocative remarks of Takaichi.