> Takaichi was citing a legal principle established in 2015, that Japan is authorised to dispatch its Self-Defence Forces (SDF) during an armed attack against a foreign country that is in a close relationship with Japan.
> If US military forces were, for example, trying to break a Chinese naval blockade of Taiwan, the SDF could be sent to help.
Discussion has raged since on whether such a scenario actually threatens Japan’s survival.
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