What US-Japan military exercises can tell us about their Taiwan conflict plans

Japan’s recent deployment of missiles on Yonaguni, an island only 110km (70 miles) away from Taiwan, comes amid rising tensions with Beijing and follows a steady build-up of supplies and equipment in the region by its main ally, the United States, in the past three months. Yonaguni is the westernmost island in the Ryukyu chain, which would be a key strategic location in the event of a conflict over Taiwan. The Japanese military has already spent years planning operations based on this precise...