Posted on 02/26/2021 10:56:48 AM PST by RomanSoldier19
The Japan Coast Guard could directly fire a weapon against foreign official vessels aiming to land on the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, ruling party members said Thursday, citing government officials.
The government officials told a panel of the Liberal Democratic Party they have confirmed their interpretation of existing laws. China implemented a new law earlier this month that allows its coast guard to use weapons against foreign ships that Beijing sees as illegally entering its waters.
Government officials had said earlier Japan's coast guard is only allowed to fire weapons directly at foreign vessels in cases of self-defense and emergency escape.
The officials explained the confirmed interpretation at a meeting of the panel, saying it is possible for Japan's coast guard to fire on foreign official vessels under laws by regarding vessels aiming to land on the Senkaku Islands as committing violent crimes.
The interpretation is partly based on applying the use of police power under a police law to the coast guard, an LDP member who attended the meeting said, citing the government officials. The interpretation emerged because using force against vessels of foreign countries is considered to run counter to Japan's war-renouncing Constitution and exclusively defense-oriented policy.
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If someone is invading your islands it i IS defense only to shoot at them.
If they were not landing there there would be no issue.
It is not Japan that is the aggressor. So any action is by definition defense.
Is there anything a Doctor of Education doesn't know??
LOL! Yeah, Whoopie said she should be the Surgeon General.
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