Japan will turn to Quad in 'new Cold War': Defense Ministry think tank

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Two U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancers fly alongside two Japanese Air Self-Defense Force F-15s over the vicinity of the East China Sea. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command) 

JUNNOSUKE KOBARA and KEN MORIYASU, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO/NEW YORK -- Pandemic-driven acrimony between China and the U.S. has grown into a "new Cold War," according to a book-length annual report released Friday by Japan's only national think tank covering security.

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