Defense Minister Ishiba, On the Job!

I love that this is what the Japanese government talks about. First it was the existence of UFOs. Now it's how to defend against said (still not confirmed to be real) UFOs. Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba, the first person ever to hold this controversial new position, pondered the legalities of defense against extra-terrestrial attack, as quoted in Japan Today:

Ishiba indicated it would be difficult to determine on what legal grounds the SDF may be mobilized when, for instance, there is a violation of Japanese airspace but the violating subject is not hostile.

"Would that be mobilization for an act of defense? That would not be the case if they say, 'Everyone on the Earth, let us be friends,"' Ishiba said. "Or what can we do when we can't figure out what they're saying?"

Tough decisions, surely. How about if the danger came not from space, but from a more familiar, Earth-bound enemy? A known terrorist, let us say?

"If Godzilla comes, typically it would require mobilization of SDF troops for disaster relief," the minister said, citing the monster character in the famous movie that destroys buildings and other things in sight. "It's the same with Mothra," he added, citing another character.

What if it were the Moguera? That's both alien and kaiju! Let's hope Ishiba gets this all worked out before the Mysterians arrive.