00:00July 8, three years ago, 2022, Prime Minister Abe got shot and died.
00:12The next plan that he had was to come to this country, Taiwan.
00:20And I'm sure he would have delivered a powerful speech to the Taiwanese audience than I would
00:33have written that speech.
00:38Had he delivered a speech, he would have said very much similar to what Boris Johnson just
00:47told us a moment ago.
00:50That we are with you.
00:53The Japanese are with you.
00:57But he would have said it differently.
01:01We must be with you.
01:04We will have to be with you.
01:06The Japanese will continue to have to be with you.
01:10It is inevitable.
01:13Why?
01:14Because never before has the security of Taiwan so closely linked to that of Japan.
01:26Never before have the waters in the South China Sea, East China Sea, around Japan been this
01:38much contested.
01:40If you lose Taiwan, the United States will automatically lose almost everything.
01:50from Misawa up north, which is an Air Force base, Yokosuka, that is the biggest naval port, that home
02:03ports, one of the biggest aircraft carrier, Battle Force, Sasebo, and Kadena, Okinawa.
02:14forces stationed in those places will lose strategic value if you lose Taiwan's territorial waters and air space.
02:30So, the late Prime Minister Abe, before he passed away, mentioned a number of times crisis in Taiwan automatically invites Japan and the United States to get engaged and we must be prepared for them.
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