Japan Continues To View China as Biggest Security Threat to Region
Japan's annual defense white paper names China as the primary threat to regional peace and security, citing its military modernization and increasing aggression toward Taiwan.
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00:00Japan's government continues to view China as the primary threat to regional peace and
00:05security.
00:06In a new defense ministry white paper, Japan names China as a threat to a free and open
00:11Indo-Pacific, and it notes Beijing's escalating aggression toward Taiwan.
00:16Japan's defense minister, Kihara Minoru, cites China's military modernization drive and says
00:21the international community has entered the most trying time of the post-war era.
00:27The report also names Russia and North Korea as states that are challenging the current
00:32world order.