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Japan is working on a counter offensive on Chinese bases

Kanika Batra Arora by Kanika Batra Arora
May 17, 2022
in China, Geopolitics, Japan
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Japan is working on a counter offensive on Chinese bases

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Japan has been a China hawk under the current Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida. Since taking office, he has pledged to work closely with the US and other “like-minded” democracies to challenge China’s expanding influence. Japan has recently boasted about its counter-terrorism capabilities. In Japan’s security circles, speculation is mounting as to whether China’s Central Military Commission (CMC), the country’s highest decision-making agency commanded by President Xi Jinping, might be among the targets of a potential “counterstrike capability.”

The speculation arose last week during a parliamentary meeting when the Defense Ministry refused to openly answer a query from an opposition MP who wanted to know whether “enemy base attack capability” targets would include China’s CMC.

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Nonetheless, in 2012, Japan purchased the Senkaku Islands from a private owner. Despite this, Beijing continues to claim the Japanese islands. Chinese ships regularly enter Japanese territorial seas and linger for days around the Senkaku islands. Unjustified Chinese belligerence over the Senkaku Islands has sparked an escalation of hostilities in the East China Sea. The conflict over the Senkaku Islands has also resulted in a number of unpleasant confrontations in the East China Sea, as well as strong rhetoric and protests in China and Taiwan.

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In fact, Xi Jinping officially granted China’s coast guard unprecedented powers, including the ability to fire at ‘foreign vessels’ on sight and remove them from Chinese-claimed waters. The coast guard has also been ordered to remove all foreign-owned physical features and constructions in China-claimed territory.

China’s increasing assertiveness in the East and South China sea- a reason to worry

Following China’s increased assertiveness in the East China Sea, suspicion is mounting that Japan’s proposed “counter strike capabilities” could be used to attack Senkaku Islands.

The speculation grew when Makoto Oniki, deputy minister of defense, asked about the inclusion of CMC in the target; he did not directly address the question. Instead, he said, “Attacking the base of a guided missile would constitutionally fall under the scope of self-defense if (the government) perceives there were no other means (to defend Japan).”

China's Xi, Japan's new PM Kishida hold first talks, agree on need for dialogue | The Straits Times
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Also, Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said the government is considering adopting a counterstrike capability “without ruling out any possible option so as to fully prepare ourselves for safeguarding people’s lives.”

In any case, such a move on Japan’s behalf is understandable given China’s recent assertiveness in the region. Last year, there were growing concerns about China purchasing land near military stations in Japan, and China recently militarized three islands in the South Pacific. Japan is clearly concerned about China’s growing assertiveness in the region, and indications that Japan’s “counter-strike capabilities” could include CMC as one of its targets are possible.

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