SCOOP - US & Japan have been conducting top-secret war games to prepare for possible #war with #China over Taiwan on.ft.com/364gMXq (me & @kathrinhille @FT)
Japan became more willing to conduct joint planning after the Abe government reinterpreted the constitution in 2015 and as China's military became more assertive around Taiwan and the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.
Japan initially asked US to share its Taiwan war plan but the Pentagon wanted to proceed step by step, so started with enhanced planning. But ultimate goal is to create an integrated US-Japan war plan for a Taiwan conflict. 
Yasuhide Nakayama (@iloveyatchan) #2 Japanese defense official recently said US & Japan should "wake up" about the China threat, at a @HudsonInstitute event.
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