The military balance between China and Taiwan is "rapidly tilting to China's favor," Japan said in its annual defense report released Friday, amid tensions over the self-ruled island that Beijing considers its territory.The Defense Ministry's 2023 white paper, received by the Cabinet of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida the same day, said there is increasing global concern about China's intensifying "coercive military activities" in the skies and waters surrounding Taiwan.In last year's report, Tokyo said that the military balance between Beijing and Taipei was "tilting to China's favor, and the…READ FULL ARTICLE
