Japanese opposition figure criticizes Takaichi's erroneous remarks on Taiwan region, urges Japan to face history
2025-11-26 09:42:07 source：CGTN
November 25, 2025
A senior figure in Japan's Social Democratic Party has strongly condemned recent comments by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi regarding China's Taiwan, calling the remarks historically erroneous and harmful to regional peace.
Hiroji Yamashiro, permanent secretary of the Social Democratic Party's National Union, said Takaichi's statements risk provoking unnecessary conflict and run counter to Japan's postwar commitment to peace.
"We are all furious," Yamashiro told China Media Group (CMG). "She is actively inviting an unnecessary war and dragging the country into a battlefield over something that should never happen. As a nation with a Peace Constitution, such actions are absolutely unacceptable."
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