The confrontation between China and America is one of the biggest stories today.
Western countries from Europe to the Indo-Pacific are discussing how to de-risk and deter conflict with China.
But one country has been ahead of the game in figuring out how to deal with a changing China,
and that's its neighbor, Japan.
I'm Alice Su, the Economist senior China correspondent,
and this week I'm joined by The Economist Tokyo bureau chief, Noah Snyder, for a two-part series on China and Japan.
This week, we're looking at how Japan realized that China was becoming a security risk years before the US did.
Next week, we'll be asking, how is Japan changing its policies towards China now?
This is Drum Tower from The Economist.
Noah, hello.
Welcome to Drum Tower.
Hey Alice, thanks for having me.
So, Noah, David is away this week, but I am excited to be doing this series with you,
especially after I saw you recently in person a few weeks ago
when I was in Tokyo on a work trip, although on the side of the work,
we did have a lot of very good and reasonably priced sushi.
It is one of the great joys of being a correspondent in Japan
when you can take people out to lunch, call it a work lunch and have sushi at the same time.
But it's great to be on Drum Tower.
Longtime listener, first-time caller I guess you might say.