On November 7, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi responded to a question from an opposition lawmaker, stating that 'a contingency in Taiwan is a contingency for Japan.' Most importantly, she warned that a Chinese attack on Taiwan would pose an 'existential threat' to Japan. As a result, Japan’s Self-Defense Forces would need to conduct 'collective defense' operations alongside its allies. The speech enraged China and set off a chain of reactions. The strong rebuttal and

“ Ladies and gentlemen, Japan is back .” In a 2013 address to the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington D.C., the late former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declared as much. He refuted the paper published by 5 writers including Joseph Nye, to investigate whether Japan would end up becoming a Tier-two nation. Abe made a pledge that Japan will come back as a leader in the Indo-Pacific region and “Abeconomic” will prevail. 12 years count on, the then