Cutting through an overload of information to get to the heart of the story.
This is the point.
Samurai Takayichi?
Japan has been pushing to break away from the pacifist constitution set up after World War II,
while refusing to renounce to its militarised past.
It is expected that the right-wing Prime Minister, Sanae Takeichi,
may visit a notorious shrine honoring Japanese war dead, including the worst war criminals.
This would exacerbate an already strained relationship,
but following her refusal to retract a dangerous remark about Taiwan,
she made on November the 7th in the Japanese parliament.
How has Japan been inching towards realizing its remilitarization ambitions?
Why does Japan consider Taiwan to be crucial to its own survival?
Could the current tensions escalate into more than just a war of words?
Welcome to the point with me, Liu Xin, an opinion show coming to you from Beijing.
I'm pleased to be joined from Washington, DC by Anton Fedyashin,
associate professor of history at American University and on the line from Beijing by Victor Gao,
chair professor at Suto University.
Gentlemen, Welcome to the point.
First of all,
the latest development is that US President Donald Trump has called Japanese Prime Minister Takaiichi to talk about bilateral ties,