Taiwanese leader Lai Ching-te on Tuesday called for unity with Japan in preventing mainland China from “making wrong decisions” to maintain regional peace and stability, as he met with Tokyo’s former defense chief Shigeru Ishiba. In his talks with Ishiba, who is deemed by the Japanese public as a leading candidate to be the country’s next prime minister, Lai said Taipei will “stand shoulder to shoulder with the democratic camp to exert the power of deterrence.” Ishiba, who is on a three-day visit to Taiwan through Wednesday as the co-head of a six-member Japanese lawmakers’ delegation, agreed …