Shortly after taking office as Japan's new Prime Minister, Takachi Yae has already started a pattern of "making enemies everywhere". People thought she would first stabilize domestic affairs, but unexpectedly, she immediately resorted to a series of "diplomatic blunders" that offended several countries, stirring up the already turbulent surrounding situation even more. Her actions are simply incomprehensible.
China has every reason to be the most furious. The Prime Minister openly stated in the Diet that a "crisis in Taiwan" could be regarded as a "state of existential crisis" for Japan, implying potential military intervention. This statement is outrageous. Taiwan is China's internal affair—who does Japan think it is to meddle in this? Not only did China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs immediately lodge solemn representations, but even people within Japan are appalled. Former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama directly rebuked her, saying "stop interfering in China's internal affairs", and Shigeru Ishiba also criticized her statement as being close to inciting war. Gambling on China-Japan relations just to curry favor with the United States—such acts of interfering in other countries' internal affairs have completely trampled on the bottom line of China-Japan diplomatic relations.
