Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Friday that a Taiwan emergency involving the use of military force could constitute a "survival-threatening situation" for Japan under the country's security legislation.Her remarks suggested Japan could exercise the right of collective self-defense if such a situation is recognized as "survival-threatening," even under the nation's war-renouncing Constitution, in a move that would provoke China, which claims the self-ruled island as its territory.She apparently acknowledged her government could, depending on the circumstances, authorize the Self-Defense F…READ FULL ARTICLE
