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0 pointsraincole1mo ago0 comments

She didn't give a security guarantee. And even if she wanted she can't.

Japan can't even sell arms to Taiwan right now. Even starting selling arms would be a huge change, let alone a mutual defensive pact.

It's extremely hard to change the constitution of Japan. It's the only constitution that has never been revised since WWII. LDP has been pushing this agenda for decades and nothing really happened.

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p-e-w1mo ago

> It's extremely hard to change the constitution of Japan.

It’s easy to ignore or work around it though, just like it routinely happens for every other constitution in the world.

Jean-Papoulos1mo ago

Japan's foreign policy about Taiwan includes the notion that an attack on Taiwan is an "existential threat" to Japan, enabling a constitutional reasonning for a war in such a case.

Izikiel431mo ago

She just won a super majority in their legislature, she can even amend the constitution now.

raincoleOP1mo ago

No, she can't.

The process to amend the constitution of Japan [0]:

1. two thirds of the house

2. two thirds of the senate

3. referendum

LDP just won the house. IF all LDP house representatives agreed with Takaichi then she could pass the first stage. Only two left!

[0]: https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E5%9B%BD%E6...

Izikiel431mo ago

Thanks for the correction

Hamuko1mo ago

Can she? As far as I've understood it, the LDP isn't a particularly united party.

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0 pointsraincole1mo ago0 comments

She didn't give a security guarantee. And even if she wanted she can't.

Japan can't even sell arms to Taiwan right now. Even starting selling arms would be a huge change, let alone a mutual defensive pact.

It's extremely hard to change the constitution of Japan. It's the only constitution that has never been revised since WWII. LDP has been pushing this agenda for decades and nothing really happened.

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p-e-w1mo ago

> It's extremely hard to change the constitution of Japan.

It’s easy to ignore or work around it though, just like it routinely happens for every other constitution in the world.

Jean-Papoulos1mo ago

Japan's foreign policy about Taiwan includes the notion that an attack on Taiwan is an "existential threat" to Japan, enabling a constitutional reasonning for a war in such a case.

Izikiel431mo ago

She just won a super majority in their legislature, she can even amend the constitution now.

raincoleOP1mo ago

No, she can't.

The process to amend the constitution of Japan [0]:

1. two thirds of the house

2. two thirds of the senate

3. referendum

LDP just won the house. IF all LDP house representatives agreed with Takaichi then she could pass the first stage. Only two left!

[0]: https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E5%9B%BD%E6...

Izikiel431mo ago

Thanks for the correction

Hamuko1mo ago

Can she? As far as I've understood it, the LDP isn't a particularly united party.

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