Int'l analysts slam Japanese prime minister's erroneous remarks on Taiwan

International analysts decried the recent erroneous remarks by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on China's Taiwan region, saying they violate the international law and undermine regional peace and stability.

Takaichi is under growing domestic and international pressure after suggesting that Japan may respond with force if the Chinese mainland uses military means against Taiwan.

While speaking at a parliamentary session last month, she described such a scenario as a "survival-threatening situation" for Japan, implying potential armed intervention in the Taiwan Strait.

"The erroneous remarks made by Japan's incumbent prime minister are entirely inconsistent with the spirit of the post-war international order, the spirit of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the spirit of the United Nations Charter. The Takaichi administration is attempting to exploit the Japanese people to serve its nefarious objectives, driving a new wave of militarization, escalating tensions, and provoking conflicts, including those of a military nature," said Petr Petrovsky, secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Belarus for Ideological Work.

"Should Sanae Takaichi persist down this path, Japan will face unimaginable isolation and abandonment, for any actions or words inconsistent with the framework of international law are destined to lead to isolation," said Hoseein Ghaderi, an Iranian political analyst.

Recently, a senior official in charge of security and defense at the Japanese Prime Minister's Office told reporters that Japan should have nuclear weapons. Japanese defense minister later said that they left open the possibility of Japan reviewing its non-nuclear principles in the future.

Serik Korzhumbayev, editor-in-chief of the Delovoy Kazakhstan newspaper, said such comments are unnerving.

"The remarks by Japanese officials advocating for Japan to possess nuclear weapons are utterly absurd. The figure who made such statements has already been called upon to resign in Japan. That a nation which suffered atomic bombings should now claim the need for nuclear weapons, I believe the Japanese people themselves would be the first victims. Economic decline is one key factor, but security concerns are more important. Such statements of Japan are deeply troubling," he said.

Int'l analysts slam Japanese prime minister's erroneous remarks on Taiwan

Nicaragua's co-foreign minister Valdrack Jaentschke has warned that militarism must never be allowed to rise again, as Japan's recent moves to lift its arms export ban and revise the pacifist Constitution continue to draw international concern.

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the opening of the Tokyo Trials, where Japan's Class-A war criminals from World War II were brought to justice.

In an interview with China Global Television Network (CGTN), Valdrack Jaentschke voiced his concern that today's world order is being undermined by interventionism and other challenges.

"It is necessary for us to remember that after the end of World War II, countries worked hard to build a new international order based on international law. However, regrettably, more than 80 years later, we are seeing that this once explored and attempted order is being challenged by interventionism, a confrontational mindset, and tendencies like 'might makes right.' These are precisely the conditions that gave rise to fascism and militarism in the past, which ultimately led to the tragedy of World War II," he said.

He said the international community has a responsibility to pursue a new international order -- one fundamentally grounded in peace.

"Looking back at the history more than eight decades ago and comparing it with today's reality, it is our responsibility to recognize that the world should, and must, build a new international order that is more just, fairer, rooted in international law, based on a logic of mutual benefit and shared success, and fundamentally grounded in peace," said the minister.

"Today, as we revisit the Tokyo Trials, it is meant to remind the world that such a tragedy must never be repeated -- and that we must do everything in our power to prevent it from happening again. We must stop that dark world -- born from militarism, interventionism, and fascism -- from ever returning," he said.

Nicaraguan FM warns of militarism revival