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Beijing protests over former Japanese military chief’s Taiwan adviser role

Beijing has protested to Tokyo over the appointment of a former Japanese military chief as an adviser to the Taiwanese government.

Taiwanese media reported on Friday that Shigeru Iwasaki, former chief of the Joint Staff of the Japan Self-Defence Forces (JSDF) and a four-star air force general, had been confirmed as an honorary adviser to the Executive Yuan, the Taiwanese government’s highest administrative body.

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