Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has advocated revising Article 9 from an exclusive focus on self-defense to "proactive defense." Japan is moving from debating strategy to executing it.

BEIJING—China's defense ministry warned on July 24 that it was ready for war if there was a move toward Taiwan's independence and denounced U.S. arms sales to the self-ruled island. This month, the Pentagon said the U.S.

A spokesman for Japan's Maritime Self Defense Force declined to comment.

Theatre, Rather Than Threat Pelosi's visit triggered furious responses from the Chinese public and Beijing, who said the trip to the self-ruled island it regards as its territory infringed its sovereignty.

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) claims the liberal democratic self-ruled island of Taiwan as part of its territory and has threatened to bring the island under its control by force if necessary.

The communist regime in China views self-ruled Taiwan as its territory, to be taken by force if necessary.

The defense budget includes expenditures for the improvement and mass production of the Ground Self-Defense Force’s surface-to-ship guided missiles, which are expected to be a key component of Japan’s counterstrike capabilities.

BEIJING—A formation of Chinese warships has been holding daily combat drills for more than a week in waters near Taiwan, China's state media said on June 26, amid heightened tensions between Beijing and the self-ruled island. The news comes as U.S.

For its part, Taiwan has been self-governing since 1949 and has never been controlled by the CCP.

The exercise with the Reagan strike group, which began on Saturday, involves vessels sailing from the Bashi Channel, which separates the Philippines and Taiwan, to seas around Japan's southwest island nearer to North Korea, Japan's Maritime Self Defense

For the past year, Beijing has ratcheted up its military aggression toward Taiwan, sending military aircraft near the self-ruled island on a near-daily basis.

Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force submarine and a U.S. Navy destroyer pictured in their first joint anti-submarine drill in the South China Sea, on Nov. 16, 2021.

Two other arms purchases have also been delayed—M109A6 Medium Self-Propelled Howitzer artillery systems, and mobile Stinger anti-aircraft missiles.

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is aiming to take over Taiwan, believing that the self-ruled island is a renegade province.

Beijing claims the self-ruled island of Taiwan as part of its territory.

Last month, the United States sent Navy and Coast Guard ships through the Taiwan Strait. The passages upset China, which claims self-ruled Taiwan as part of its territory.

“Only when we are capable of self-defense can we guarantee that such peace be continued,” Tsai added. She also expressed her gratitude to the U.S. government for the deal.

(CCTV via AP) The missile launches, which are said to be in retaliation to Pelosi's visit to the self-ruled island, were reported by Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense and prompted the Taiwanese ministry to activate its defense system and strengthen

Taiwan has been self-governed since 1949 and has never been under CCP control.

The Chinese communist regime said on March 24 that an individual claiming to be an active-duty member of the Japan Self-Defense Force forcefully entered the Chinese Embassy in Japan earlier that day.

Since President Joe Biden took office on Jan. 20, the Chinese Communist Party has escalated its war-mongering toward Taiwan, a democratic self-ruled island that Beijing claims as a part of its territory.

Members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) bring down the Japanese national flag in the early evening, at the JGSDF Miyako camp on Miyako Island, Okinawa prefecture, Japan, on April 20, 2022.

Taiwan plans to increase its defense budget every year to ensure that it can defend its sovereignty, Tsai said, through the upgrading of military capabilities and self-sufficiency, including the resumption of domestic efforts to develop advanced training

Beijing recently ramped up its warmongering rhetoric against its democratic neighbor Taiwan, following a recent visit by three U.S. senators to the self-ruled island.

Japanese Ground Self Defense Force (GSDF) plans to "fortify" the Nansei Shoto island chain were developed around this time too.

(Tingshu Wang/Reuters) That plan is much the same as it has been since 1979, when the United States passed the Taiwan Relations Act and agreed to provide the island with the arms necessary to maintain its self-defense.

Since President Joe Biden took office on Jan. 20, China has escalated its war-mongering toward Taiwan, a self-ruled island that Beijing claims as a part of its territory.

And, China hit nine U.S. defense firms with sanctions over U.S. arms sales to Taiwan. How effective are the measures?

Also in April, the Shandong took part in intimidation drills off the coast of Taiwan to test the Chinese navy’s ability to “blockade” the self-ruled island nation, which is an ally to the United States and holds that it is the sole legitimate government