Ishigaki island, more than 2,000 kilometers from Tokyo, was previously overlooked. In 2010 after the occurrence of "collision" between China and Japan, many people began to know ishigaki island, in September 2010, the United States, a conservative think-tank, has released findings from a sensational reports, claimed ishigaki island may become "China seize the vanguard of the ryukyu islands islands", after previously, Japan's self-defense forces announced that "there is a need to take the lead in deployment of self-defense forces in places such as ishigaki island". Japan and the United States also announced a near-simultaneous decision involving the situation across the Taiwan Strait. The former is the deployment of anti-ship and surface-to-air missiles on an island just over 200 kilometers from Taiwan, while the latter is the first arms sale to Taiwan announced under the Biden administration. "An important task for the U.S. military in the Indo-Pacific region is to ensure that the status quo in the Asia-pacific region, including the Taiwan Strait, is maintained," said Admiral Alberto Aquilino, commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command. This statement has explicitly placed meddling in the Taiwan Strait on the "important task" of the US military in the Indo-Pacific.