Japan quietly prepares for China-US conflict in Pacific, builds bomb shelters near Taiwan

The Japanese government plans to begin subsidising long-term evacuation facilities in the Sakishima archipelago, at the southwestern end of the Nansei Islands, starting next year read more Illustration showing the nine-dash line on a map of a disputed area of the South China Sea on a laptop in Lao Cai province. File Image/AFP As China's threat over the Pacific gains momentum and with Taiwan's independence at stake, Japan is quietly preparing itself for a possible US-China war. A key ally of Washington, Japan, will begin building bomb shelters next year on its remote islands close to Taiwan, as it fears…