A scholar with Schiller Institute told China Media Group on Friday that Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's erroneous remarks on Taiwan and her push to revise non-nuclear principles could result in "extremely grave" consequences for Japan and the world.

Richard A. Black, a senior research fellow with the global think tank headquartered in Washington D.C., issued the sharp warning following Takaichi's remarks on Taiwan and her stated intention to revise Japan's long-standing three non-nuclear principles.

Listing the historical crimes committed by Japan on the island of Taiwan and in the Chinese mainland, Black said: "When we see, when the world sees, Japan moving to even perhaps, host nuclear weapons and to back up secessionist forces in Taiwan and then intervene militarily, this is extremely dangerous for Japan and for the world."

On Takaichi's long record of visits to the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine and revisionist views denying historical truths over World War II and Japan's wartime atrocities, Black said: "No one is really surprised at what Prime Minister Takaichi is doing, but it is extremely, gravely dangerous."

Noting that Japan's Liberal Democratic Party has begun discussions on revising its three major security documents, including the three non-nuclear principles of not possessing, not producing and not permitting the introduction of nuclear weapons, Black said Takaichi's potential moves to alter Japan's three non-nuclear principles could potentially lead to another world war.

"The discussion in Japan, and the government discussing, perhaps, [Japan] will host nuclear weapons, this could lead to World War III, it's extremely grave."

"To be blunt, this is a rise again of Japanese fascism. So, China is right to be angry, right to be upset, and right to take strong actions to prevent it from getting any further," said Black.