Source: Bloomberg
Japan’s defense minister, visiting a military base close to Taiwan, said plans to deploy missiles to the post would move forward as tensions smolder between Tokyo and Beijing over the East Asian island. ‘The deployment can help lower the chance of an armed attack on our country,’ Shinjiro Koizumi told reporters on Sunday as he wrapped up his first trip to the base on the southern Japanese island of Yonaguni. ‘The view that it will heighten regional tensions is not accurate.’ … China’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said at a regular briefing on Monday that the deployment of missiles would be ‘extremely dangerous’ and described it as a ‘deliberate move that breeds regional tensions and stokes military rivalry.'” (11/24/25)