Pacifist Japanese speak
JAPAN would step away from its official pacifist position and put its military on alert if there was a serious incident in the Taiwan Strait, a senior official said today.
In a highly unusual remark for a Japanese official, director general of the defence ministry's defence policy bureau Nobushige Takamizawa, said a contingency over Taiwan would be "a security matter for Japan".
Japan would have to "take appropriate actions" in a cross-strait confrontation, he said.
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