Cross-strait peace important to Japan: Japanese lawmaker

A visiting Japanese lawmaker on Thursday said peace across the Taiwan Strait is important for both Tokyo and Taipei given their geographical proximity, in response to remarks by China's top envoy to Japan that connecting the security of Taiwan and Japan is "absurd and dangerous."

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