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John Dotson
In late May, Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. visited Tokyo for a summit with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi—a summit in which the two leaders announced that ties between their countries were being elevated to the level of a “comprehensive strategic partnership.” Among the issues discussed at the summit were an agreement for the increased exchange of intelligence information (the “General Security of Military Information Agreement” or GSOMIA), and a new series of negotiations to resolve maritime sovereignty disputes. The latter series of talks will be primarily focused on issues delineating the exclusive economic zones (EEZs) and continental shelves of the two countries, which carry implications for fishing rights and other economic activity.
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Davide Campagnola
On April 21 this year, the cabinet of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi approved a significant revision to Japan's Three Principles on Transfer of Defense Equipment and Technology, a set of self-imposed guidelines for the government’s arms sales to other countries. The revision cleared the way for Japan to export lethal weapons to 18 partner countries.
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Yi-Lou Lin
The app “Amap” (高德地圖) has recently sparked a cybersecurity controversy in Taiwan. Amap, fully owned by China's Alibaba Group, is an online map that features traffic light countdown and lane-level guidance. A government security review found nine out of fifteen indicators about the app that flagged as high-risk—including continuous transmission of user data to Chinese servers, even when the application is closed. This controversy, together with Singapore-based Grab's USD 600 million acquisition of Foodpanda's Taiwan operations (a food delivery platform with the highest market share in Taiwan), has exposed a gap in Taiwan's regulatory framework: the governance of geospatial data. These two cases point to the same underlying reality—mapping data, location tracking, and movement traces are not merely commercial assets, but core issues of national security and digital sovereignty.
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