PRC-Japan crisis; October government spending drops; Real estate prices continue to decline; Shenzhou 20 crew returns
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Japan Self-Defense Forces
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The article discusses Japan's military infrastructure and Self-Defense Forces exercises. Understanding the JSDF's unique constitutional constraints, history since 1954, and evolving role in regional security provides essential context for why Japan's military posture toward Taiwan is significant.
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First Taiwan Strait Crisis
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The article references potential conflict in the Taiwan Strait and Japan's involvement. The 1954-1955 crisis established the foundational dynamics of cross-strait tensions and U.S.-Japan alliance responses that remain directly relevant to current PRC-Japan friction.
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Sanae Takaichi
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The article mentions Prime Minister Takaichi's comments about Taiwan as the trigger for the current crisis. Understanding her political background, nationalist positions, and path to becoming Japan's first female PM provides crucial context for the diplomatic tensions described.
There is a risk that the entire country could become a battlefield. Japan has already converted dozens of airports and ports from Hokkaido in the north to Okinawa in the south into dual-use military and civilian infrastructure. In a comprehensive exercise this October, the Self-Defense Forces used as many as 39 airports and ports for aircraft take-offs and landings and for military transport. This indicates that if Japan intervenes in the Taiwan Strait, the Japanese government will be tying people across the entire country to a chariot of self-destruction - CICIR scholar in PLA Daily
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1. PRC-Japan crisis - The crisis in the wake of Prime Minister Takaichi’s comments about Taiwan continues to expand. The Ministry of Culture and Tourism has urged Chinese tourists to temporarily avoid traveling there, the Ministry of Education has issued a 2025 Study Abroad Alert advising Chinese students and applicants to closely track the security situation, reassess risks, a…
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