Former Japanese Prime Minister Aso Taro said stability in the Taiwan Strait is critical to Japan's survival at a celebration of Taiwan's National Day.
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00:00Former Japanese Prime Minister Asotaro says the future of his country's ties with Taiwan
00:05is extremely important.
00:08The future of our relations with Japan is extremely important.
00:17The Taiwan Strait is stable.
00:21This is a very important and important point that will have a great impact on Japan's
00:28own independence.
00:38from the two countries.
00:39He also used the occasion to weigh in on controversial comments by President Lai Ching-ke
00:44that the Republic of China, Taiwan's official name,
00:47could be considered the motherland of modern China.
00:50Asotaro said he agreed with Lai's remarks.