The Japan Times66%
Japan to closely watch Trump’s remarks on Taiwan in talks with Xi 83%
By JIJI0%
5/5/2026, 1:21:00 AM
Topics: Japan, International Relations
BS Summary: This article contains 7 faulty reasoning types, including Indoctrination, Post Hoc (False Cause), and Optimism Bias, with Pessimism Bias as the most egregious example at 32.1% saturation with 76 hits. Analysis detected 247 faulty-reasoning hits from 237 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 75.1% and a BS Rank of 83% (2,972 of 16,813 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 82.30% of the article peer group.
WASHINGTON – Former Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera indicated Monday that Tokyo would keep a close watch on any remarks by U.S.
President Donald Trump about Taiwan in his upcoming meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
If Trump makes comments deviating from his past statements about Taiwan at his meeting with Xi later this month, that would have a major impact on U.S. allies, the Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker said during a symposium hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a U.S. think tank.
Japan's relations with China have deteriorated due to Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's parliamentary remark last November that China's possible use of force against Taiwan could constitute a "survival-threatening situation" for Japan, in which the country could exercise its right to collective self-defense.
China considers Taiwan to be at the center of its core interests.
Meanwhile, Trump is distancing himself from the Japan-China confrontation.
Some in the Japanese government are concerned that Trump might weaken his country's engagement in East Asia while putting priority on striking a deal with China.
During the symposium, Onodera stressed that the United States needs to continue taking a resolute stance against China.
Fumitake Fujita, co-leader of the Japan Innovation Party, the coalition partner of the LDP, said at the CSIS symposium that he wants Trump to show that U.S. engagement in East Asia is unwavering.
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