Toshitaka TAKEUCHI    Department   Kyoto University of Foreign Studies  Department of Global Studies, Faculty of Global Engagement    Position   Professor
Date	2022/11/18
Title	Taiwan's Crisis is a Japanese Crisis? Japan's Posture and Legal Complications
Conference	Coping with the Taiwan Strait Crisis: Enhancing Japan and Taiwan Security Policy Coordination
Promoters	St. Andrew's Univ and Taiwan Center for Security Studies
Location	online
Holding period	2022/11/18
Conference Type	International
Lecture Type	Lecturer
Contribution Type	Individual
Invited	Invited
Details	Comparing Taiwan's and Japan's opinion polls, Taiwan has a very optimistic view that Japan will come to help Taiwan in case of crisis (these terms are loosely defined and very ambiguous, notwithstanding.), Japanese public opinion suggests that they are not necessarily thinking about direct help. But, instead to help the US forces that are helping Taiwan. Even so, Japanese laws are so complicated, which specify what Japan can do, and thus take s too long a time to come to a conclusion. Namely, it might not be a timely help to the US, no matter what some politicians say.