MOFA response to Japanese Defense Minister Koizumi’s emphasis on importance of cross-strait peace and stability during meeting with Chinese defense minister

November 2, 2025

Japanese Minister of Defense Shinjiro Koizumi attended the ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting Plus (ADMM-Plus) in Malaysia and met for the first time with Chinese Minister of Defense Dong Jun on November 1. During the Japan-China defense ministerial meeting, Minister Koizumi emphasized the importance of maintaining peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait. Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung welcomes these statements and expresses his appreciation.

During the meeting, Minister Koizumi noted that security remained the most difficult aspect of Japan-China relations. He expressed serious concerns over China's frequent and varied military activities in the East China Sea and the Pacific, as well as China's increasing military maneuvers-including those conducted in cooperation with Russia-in the airspace and waters around Japan.

The rise of authoritarian expansionism poses a constant challenge to the rules-based international order and has heightened tensions worldwide. Cross-strait peace and stability are inextricably linked to global prosperity and security and are in the common interest of the global community.

Taiwan is committed to steadily bolstering its self-defense capabilities and whole-of-society defense resilience, in addition to working hand in hand with democratic partners to advance peace, stability, and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region.