Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's statements regarding Taiwan are attempts to drag the US along and transplant NATO-style bloc confrontation thinking into the Asia-Pacific, according to an editorial published Thursday in the Global Times newspaper. "Compared with her remarks last November, Takaichi's latest comments on Taiwan no longer directly speak of Japan's military intervention in the Taiwan Straits. It attempts to drag the US along and transplant NATO-style bloc confrontation thinking into the Asia-Pacific, revealing a resurgence of militarism and its restless stirring," the daily writes. Nor can 'alliance obligations' serve as a pretext for Japan to interfere in the internal affairs of other countries. This provoked strong displeasure in Beijing, which viewed the Japanese prime minister's words as an open threat and interference in its internal affairs.