Leader of Japan's Social Democratic Party (SDP) Mizuho Fukushima on Sunday urged Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to resign over her erroneous remarks on China's Taiwan region, Japanese media outlet Yomiuri Shimbun reported.
Commenting on Takaichi's provocative remarks at a study session in Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture on Sunday, Fukushima stated that the remarks were in violation of Japan's postwar pacifist constitution, and Takaichi should retract those remarks and step down from her post.
Previously speaking at a Tokyo seminar bringing together anti-base and anti-war groups from Okinawa, Fukushima called Takaichi's remarks "completely illogical", while urging Japanese society to take action to block any dangerous policy that pushes the country to war, as all parts of Japan, from Okinawa to Kyushu, are under the risk of becoming fortresses.
Takaichi on November 7 made blatant and provocative remarks on Taiwan at the Diet, claiming that a Taiwan contingency could constitute a "survival-threatening situation" for Japan, and implying that Japan might invoke the so-called "right to collective self-defense" for armed intervention across the Taiwan Strait.
Japan's SDP, formerly known as Japan Socialist Party (JSP), has been an important political force that calls for introspection over the history of aggression and supports peaceful development.
Leader of Japan’s Social Democratic Party urges prime minister to resign for provocative remarks
Leader of Japan’s Social Democratic Party urges prime minister to resign for provocative remarks
