Popular Japanese anti-China activist Hirano Uryu visits Taiwan

Popular Japanese anti-China activist Hirano Uryu visits Taiwan

2025-08-20

Japanese activist Hirano Uryu remains determined to continue her work to keep China at bay, even after her defeat in last month’s election. The politician rose to fame for her outspoken support of pro-democracy demonstrators in the 2019 anti-extradition bill protests in Hong Kong. During her stay in Taiwan, she urged people not to ignore the China threat. Let’s hear from her.

Hirano Uryu
Japanese activist
The only two countries left that can stand up to China are Taiwan and Japan. If we lose our country, we lose everything. If things continue as they are, Taiwan or Japan could end up becoming colonies for China. Would we be able to accept that? I’d like everyone to consider this issue.

The first stop on Hirano’s itinerary was Longshan Temple in Taipei. Dressed in a kimono, she cast divination blocks to ask questions to the God of Love. Since her electoral defeat, Hirano has continued to speak up against China, and even held a rally outside the Chinese embassy in Japan. Her outspoken criticism has earned her quite a following online. She’ll be speaking more about her ideas at the Indo-Pacific Strategy Thinktank on Friday.

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#平野雨龍 #hiranouryu #activism #反送中 #politics #japan #taiwan

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被封為"日本反送中女神"的平野雨龍，雖然在日本參議員選舉落敗，但她持續推廣"抗中"理念，還將在台發表演說，提醒台灣人，不可輕忽中國威脅，"如果國家沒了，就什麼都沒了"！

[[日本社運人士平野雨龍]]
“(能極力抗中的)只剩下台灣和日本，一旦失去國家，就什麼都不會剩下。不論是台灣還是日本，照這樣下去，都可能淪為中國的殖民地，我們是否真的能接受這樣的結果，我希望能再一次，和大家一起認真思考這個問題”

今天剛抵達台灣的平野雨龍，一下飛機就前往龍山寺參拜，體驗拜月老擲筊求籤。他在剛落幕的日本參議員選舉受到關注，打出"抗中"牌，還在中國大使館發表反中宣言，被封為女戰神。挾著高人氣，她來到台灣宣揚理念，將出席22日登場的印太戰略智庫研討會。

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