By Kaori Kaneko, Yukiko Toyoda, Tim Kelly and Sakura Murakami TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan has appointed a serving government official to act as its de ...
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He has been joined by an official dispatched by the defence ministry to enhance information gathering and communicate with Taiwan's military, said the sources, who asked not to be identified because of the sensitivity of the issue. Japan's defence ministry said that it would only pursue"non-governmental" ties to Taiwan, a Japanese colony from 1895-1945, that were within the bounds of a 1972 joint statement that recognised Beijing as the sole legitimate government of China.
Concern about such manoeuvres is spurring calls for Japan to forge security links with Taiwan, including direct military-to-military contact that could help Japan plan for a contingency.In August last year, China responded to a visit to Taiwan by then U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi with military exercises that included missile strikes in waters close to Japanese islands.
China has criticised Japan, the U.S. and other Western nations for adopting what it calls a Cold War mentality.
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