INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Tensions over Taiwan may heighten, Japan’s defence minister said on Tuesday as he presented an annual defence white paper that again
singled out Beijing as Tokyo’s “greatest strategic challenge”.
Japanese Defence Minister Gen Nakatani named China in the opening
paragraphs of the report, declaring Beijing’s military activities to be an “unprecedented” challenge that Japan must counter through
national strength and alliances with partner countries.
It was the third consecutive year that the report...