Will Japan, Philippines Host U.S. Missile Shield for Taiwan Crisis?

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In June, "Taiwan Talks" was in the Philippines. Now we're here in Japan at the northern end of the "first island chain," a U.S.-designated line of defense which runs through Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines. Our guests are: Taniguchi Tomohiko - Special Advisor to the Cabinet of late Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo - Specially Appointed Professor at the University of Tokyo Furuya Kentaro - Former Captain and Japan Coast Guard Officer - National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) Adjunct Professor