Japan considers Taiwan, China in new defense report

By Lin Tsuei-yi / Staff reporter in TOKYO Add TT as Preferred Source Japan’s Defense White Paper released yesterday highlighted Taiwan Strait security as a major concern, saying China has expanded military activities around Taiwan, used repeated drills to normalize the presence of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (

Growing military coordination between China, Russia and North Korea is heightening security risks for Japan, Tokyo said in its latest defense white paper, citing increasingly provocative Chinese-Russian bomber patrols and Moscow’s support for North Korea’s military modernization.

Tokyo's annual defense white paper says that cooperation with allies and like-minded nations is crucial to Japan's own security.

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