12/23/2021- 6:16 p.m.
Japan and US agree on emergency military plan for Taiwan
Japan’s Self-Defense Forces and the US military drafted a plan to establish an attack base on the Nansei Islands in the event of a Taiwan emergency. (Kyodo News Agency)
The plan, reported Thursday, would see the two nations set up military operations on Japanese islands just north of Taiwan, should conflict break out in the South China Sea.
Any action by Japan or the US to bolster military support for Taiwan may result in opposition from China, which considers the island its territory and has pledged to retain control of it.
