TOKYO: The flight of suspected Chinese surveillance balloons has shown that Japan and Taiwan need to share 'critical' intelligence about potential common aerial threats, a senior defence policymaker for Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party said. 'We don't have those bilateral relations with Taiwan, so w
TOKYO: The flight of suspected Chinese surveillance balloons has shown that Japan and Taiwan need to share"critical" intelligence about potential common aerial threats, a senior defence policymaker for Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party said.
Japan's islands are within 100km of Taiwan, so their aircraft and ships often operate in close proximity. Japan on Tuesday said that it suspected Chinese spy balloons had flown over Japan at least three times, most recently in 2021.
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