Japan warns of possible defence crisis, greater tech rivalry


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Japan has warned in its annual defence white paper that growing military tension around Taiwan, as well as rivalry between China and the United States, raises the prospect of crisis in the region. The Japanese defence review, which was approved by Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s government on Tuesday, points to China as Japan‘s main national security concern, Reuters reported. “It is necessary that we pay close attention to the situation with a sense of crisis more than ever,” the paper said in a new section on Taiwan.In particular, competition in technological fields is likely to become even more intense,” it...