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TOKYO: Growing military tensions around Taiwan, as well as economic and technological rivalry between China and the US, threaten peace and stability in East Asia as the regional power balance shifts in Beijing’s favour, Japan said in its annual defence white paper. “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 said about the US-China tussle. The defence review, which was approved by Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s...
