November 11, 2025
TOKYO – During a House of Representatives Budget Committee session on Monday, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi reflected on her previous remarks about survival-threatening situations, saying, “I think I should refrain from making explicit remarks under a specific assumption.”
During a session of the committee on Friday, Takaichi said that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan by sea would constitute a survival-threatening situation, as defined by security-related legislation.
However, the prime minister refused to retract her Friday remarks, saying, “They were in line with the government’s viewpoints.”