{"podcast":{"title":"Strait Forward","slug":"strait-forward-7247611","podcast_index_feed_id":7247611,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/_OPbaGO7","website_url":"https://strait-forward.simplecast.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/c1d5476c-8cb9-47c4-b717-5aeec4144685/27cb3928-ebd1-4b5c-8c5a-45ec0eb53fa9/3000x3000/strait_forward.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Special Competitive Studies Project - SCSP","episode_count":36,"summary":"Strait Forward is a podcast series from the Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP), where Channing Lee takes a deep-dive into Taiwan, the island at the forefront of technological innovation and the global fight for democracy. Hear Taiwanese experts discuss geopolitics, technology, and culture.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-07T22:21:27.139754+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/strait-forward-7247611"},"episode":{"title":"Japan's Stake in the Taiwan Strait","slug":"japan-s-stake-in-the-taiwan-strait","published_at":"2026-04-14T11:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/strait-forward-7247611/japan-s-stake-in-the-taiwan-strait","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/strait-forward-7247611","url":"https://strait-forward.simplecast.com/episodes/japans-stake-in-the-taiwan-strait-CgYG9ybI","audio_url":"https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/373c28e2-36eb-4099-a957-82cb2df2ee52/39ae4125-98ec-4f49-aad0-9d642501eaad/episodes/audio/group/e3311039-0b73-4ea2-9f3d-e14b57a39ead/group-item/67aa3cee-6dc1-4aa4-8259-77f577669918/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=_OPbaGO7","summary":"In this episode of Strait Forward, host Channing Lee is joined by Ken Moriyasu, Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute and former foreign correspondent for Nikkei Asia, to discuss how Japan is navigating its stake in Taiwan’s future. Drawing on decades of experience reporting from Beijing, Washington, and Tokyo, Moriyasu provides a sobering, pragmatic assessment of the Japan-Taiwan relationship and the shifting geopolitical realities of the Indo-Pacific. They discuss the recent, controversial statements by Prime Minister Takaichi, who described a Taiwan contingency as \"survival-threatening\" for Japan, as well as Japan’s potential role in a cross-strait conflict.","meta_description":"In this episode of Strait Forward, host Channing Lee is joined by Ken Moriyasu, Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute and former foreign correspondent for…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3161,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/strait-forward-7247611/episodes/japan-s-stake-in-the-taiwan-strait/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/strait-forward-7247611/japan-s-stake-in-the-taiwan-strait.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}