Toru Hashimoto, a member of the Japanese government, slammed Japan and other “enemy nations” for posting that they “have the right to take direct military action” and said, “Study once… shame on you.”

　Toru Hashimoto, 56, a lawyer who formerly served as governor of Osaka Prefecture and mayor of Osaka City, appeared live on Fuji Television’s “Sunday News THE PRIME” (7:30 PM, Sunday) on March 23. In the midst of the worsening Japan-China relations, he referred to a post on X (formerly Twitter) by the Chinese Embassy in Japan. In the midst of the worsening Japan-China relations, he referred to X’s (formerly Twitter) postings by the Chinese Embassy in Japan. The Chinese Embassy in Japan stated in an XX message on March 21, “The Charter of the United Nations contains an ‘enemy clause,’ which states that if fascist/militarist states such as Germany, Italy, or Japan take any action toward a renewed policy of aggression, the founding members of the United Nations, including China, France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States, may take direct military action without the authorization of the Security Council. The article discussed the post’s statement that “the UN’s founding members, including China, France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States, have the right to take direct military action without the need for Security Council authorization. Toshiyuki Matsuyama, the station’s commentator-in-chief, opined that this post “seems quite out of line from Japan’s point of view. Hashimoto said, “In 1995, the UN General Assembly passed a resolution to remove the enemy clause. China is in favor of it. This is a dead letter, in effect. I would like you to study the 1995 resolution one more time. It’s embarrassing to bring up the former enemy clause,” he said in disgust. Former Defense Minister Gen Nakatani, who also appeared as a guest, said, “There are countries like Italy and Germany. Nobody in the world, to which this clause is applied, sees this as a problem anymore,” he said.