JAPAN PROMISES COVID VACCINES & ECONOMIC AID TO PRO-TAIWAN PACIFIC ISLAND COUNTRIES

Highlights

• The Prime Minister of Japan Yoshihide Suga said "The Pacific region faces new challenges, like competing with authoritarianism.” 

• Japanese Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Manabu Sakai said nothing related to China or Taiwan was discussed

In an attempt to take on Beijing, the government of Japan is urging leaders from Pacific island nations to come together against authoritar....