Japan's Stake in the Taiwan Strait

In this episode of Strait Forward, host Channing Lee is joined by Ken Moriyasu, Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute and former foreign correspondent for Nikkei Asia, to discuss how Japan is navigating its stake in Taiwan’s future. Drawing on decades of experience reporting from Beijing, Washington, and Tokyo, Moriyasu provides a sobering, pragmatic assessment of the Japan-Taiwan relationship and the shifting geopolitical realities of the Indo-Pacific. They discuss the recent, controversial statements by Prime Minister Takaichi, who categorized a Taiwan contingency as "survival-threatening" for Japan, as well as Japan’s potential role in a cross-strait conflict. Strait Forward is a podcast by the Special Competitive Studies Project.