Will allies fight the U.S. over Taiwan? Japan is wary – WSJ

Washington and Tokyo are drawing up plans to defend Taiwan from a possible Chinese attack, but Japan is reluctant to commit its military.

The U.S. and Japanese militaries have been working out a plan for a conflict over Taiwan for more than a year, but talks have failed to resolve the main question: Will Japan join the war?
According to people familiar with the talks, Washington has been pushing Tokyo to consider allowing the Japanese military to perform functions such as hunting for Chinese submarines near Taiwan, but has received no commitments.

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