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Japan should triple defense budget 'immediately': Elbridge Colby

Ex-Pentagon official says Beijing has incentive to weaken Tokyo as regional rival

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Elbridge Colby says Japan needs to anticipate what China will aim to do if it succeeds in taking Taiwan by force. (Photo by Ken Moriyasu)

KEN MORIYASU, Nikkei Asia diplomatic correspondent
August 4, 2022 17:17 JST

TOKYO -- If China takes Taiwan by force it will be on Japan's doorstep, making U.S. defense of its ally increasingly difficult, a former Pentagon official said in an interview.

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