Taiwan's Tsai welcomes Japan's defense policy shift amid China threat

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen on Wednesday lauded Japan's major shift in its security policy of significantly strengthening its defense capabilities, amid the increasing military threat posed by China toward the self-ruled island democracy.During a meeting in Taipei with Hiroshige Seko, the upper house secretary general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, Tsai said Tokyo has shown the "resolve to maintain regional peace and stability" by boosting its defenses.Tokyo cut diplomatic ties with Taipei, establishing them with Beijing instead in 1972.Seko's visit to the island triggered…READ FULL ARTICLE