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Toshitaka TAKEUCHI
Department Kyoto University of Foreign Studies Department of Global Studies, Faculty of Global Engagement Position Professor |
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| Language | English |
| Publication Date | 2024/09 |
| Type | Book(s) |
| Peer Review | Peer reviewed |
| Title | Is a Taiwan Crisis Also a Japan Crisis? Japan's Complicated Security Laws. |
| Contribution Type | Single author |
| Journal | Enhancing East Asian Security Cooperation |
| Journal Type | Another Country |
| Publisher | World Scientific |
| Total page number | 268 |
| Responsible for | pp. 95-119 |
| Authorship | Lead author |
| Author and coauthor | Sadamasa Oue, Kuo Tzu-Yung, Michael Lubina, Hon-min Yau, Alexandre Calvo, Li-Chung Yuan |
| Details | Japan is legally constrained in its activities in a Taiwan contingency, despite widespread assumption/expectation that Japan will be of great help to Taiwan. Japan can now exercise a limited right of collective self-defense due to the 2015 security laws. But Taiwan is not recognized as a sovereign state, and therefore, the right of collective self-defense will not be applied in principle. Moreover, Japan must go through a time-consuming procedure to exercise this right. So,, what Japan can do may be very limited. |