China has threatened to take Japan's Senkaku Islands for years. So China would have an eye on them if China was successful in invading Taiwan. China would be emboldened if there was no push-back. China also claims the Ryukyu Islands, which Include Okinawa, belong to China rather than Japan. So they might also try to invade there.
Also if Taiwan becomes Chinese territory,the shipping routes to/from Japan/South
Korea would be disrupted. This would have a very serious effect on the economies
of Japan and South Korea.
If the CCP decided to follow through on this threat with an actual nuke attack,the CCP would be the agent of it's own destruction.
Sorry about the dumb question. Why would Japan defend Taiwan?
China has threatened to take Japan's Senkaku Islands for years. So China would have an eye on them if China was successful in invading Taiwan. China would be emboldened if there was no push-back. China also claims the Ryukyu Islands, which Include Okinawa, belong to China rather than Japan. So they might also try to invade there.
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Also if Taiwan becomes Chinese territory,the shipping routes to/from Japan/South Korea would be disrupted. This would have a very serious effect on the economies of Japan and South Korea.
If the CCP decided to follow through on this threat with an actual nuke attack,the CCP would be the agent of it's own destruction.