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Japan says warplanes scrambled as Chinese drone detected near southern island close to Taiwan
Tension between Japan and China has escalated over the new Japanese leader's suggestion Tokyo could intervene militarily if Beijing attacks Taiwan.
National Security Journal on MSNOpinion
Will Nuclear Weapons Stop a U.S.–China War Over Taiwan?
Key Points and Summary – Japan’s new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, has openly warned that a Chinese attack on Taiwan would threaten Japan’s security, pulling long-running assumptions into the open: any Taiwan war risks becoming a wider regional conflict—and a nuclear one.
From China’s point of view, the Japanese Prime Minister’s remarks on Taiwan test a red line - a trigger that sets this dispute apart from past flare-ups, analysts say.
Heavyweights clash as election of hawkish PM Sanae Takaichi and US policy unpredictability change calculus in region