U.S., Japan Conduct ‘War Games’, Plan For Possible Taiwan Conflict

The United States and Japan have been conducting joint military drills for a possible conflict scenario with China over Taiwan. According to six unnamed people, military officials cited in The Financial Times report, American and Japanese military officials started “serious planning” for a possible conflict. Alongside the planning, Washington and Tokyo reportedly conducted “top-secret tabletop war games and joint exercises in the South China and East China seas”. Several officials cited by FT stated that the joint exercises in the South China Sea between the allies had been couched as “disaster relief training”, as more drills were held in the…