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Japan's Ties to Pacific Island Nations Have New Significance 80 Years after World War II, as U.S.-China Rivalry in Region Grows

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By Yuko Mukai

16:38 JST, August 22, 2025

Eighty years ago, Japan lost its war against the United States. The battlefield was the vast Pacific Ocean and the islands dotted across it. Those islands, now independent nations as well as territories, have become the front line of U.S.-China rivalry. Japan, Taiwan and former European colonial pow...

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