📣 Yesterday, November 15, hundreds of Japanese citizens gathered outside the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo, calling for Prime Minister Takaichi's resignation. Demonstrators chanted slogans like "Retract your statement and apologize," "Takaichi, step down," and "A leader who cannot handle diplomacy is unfit to be prime minister."
Last week at a Diet meeting, Takaichi claimed that the Japanese Self-Defense Force could exercise the right of collective self-defense if the Chinese mainland "uses military forces against Taiwan." Her remarks implied the possibility of armed intervention in the Taiwan Strait, drawing serious démarches and protests from the Chinese mainland.
Despite these protests, Takaichi has refused to retract her comments, fueling ongoing calls for her immediate resignation.
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