Key Contender to Lead Japan Warns Taiwan Is ‘Next Big Problem’
- Kishida is one of the main contenders for next party leader
- Japan must cooperate with countries that share values, he says
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The Taiwan Strait may be the next major diplomatic problem after China’s clampdown on Hong Kong, according to former Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, one of at least two candidates likely to vie to become the next premier.
Speaking in an interview with Bloomberg News on Friday, just before Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga made a surprise announcement that he was stepping down, Kishida said Japan should seek to cooperate with Taiwan and countries that share its values of freedom, democracy and the rule of law, as authoritarian countries wield more power.