Japan and the United States cannot stand by if China invades Taiwan, former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Dec. 1, noting that Beijing needs to recognize that “a Taiwan emergency is a Japanese emergency.”
Abe, who stepped down as prime minister in 2020, said an armed invasion of Taiwan would pose a serious threat to Japan, given that the Senkaku Islands—which China calls the Diayou Islands—Sakishima Islands, and Yonaguni Island are only 100 kilometers (62 miles) from Taiwan.
