For the first time, Japan has explicitly warned over Taiwan’s security in its annual defense white paper on July 12. The direct wording on the Taiwan issue in the 2021 defense paper is very different from previous years, which carefully avoided any words that could provoke the Chinese communist regime. The white paper states that Taiwan’s stability is “important for Japan’s security” and for the international community, calling on officials to “pay close attention to the situation with a sense of crisis.” It points out the “overall military balance between China and Taiwan is tilting in China’s favor, and the gap appears to be growing year by year.” Taiwan, officially known as the Republic of China, is a sovereign country and an ally of the United States. However, the Chinese communist regime sees it as part of China’s territory and has recently increased its threats toward the island nation’s independence …