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Former Envoy Defends Japans Taiwan Warning as Common Sense

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Former Ambassador of Japan Yamagami Shingo addresses the National Press Club in Canberra, Wednesday, July 21, 2021. AAP Image/Lukas CochShingo Yamagami, former Japanese ambassador to Australia, says current Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s comments about responding to aggression should not be viewed in an unusual light and were a reaffirmation of existing defence policy.Yamagami, who served in Australia from December 2020 to April 2023, said Takaichi was speaking with “common sense and knowledge.”

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