According to Kyodo News today (25), informed sources revealed that the Japanese government has begun to discuss how to apply the “Security Association Law” passed in recent years in a possible conflict in the Taiwan Strait. Photo: Japan Defense Self-Defense Force Twitter (file photo)
Following the U.S.-Japan summit in a joint statement for 52 years, it has been rumored that the Japanese government has begun to discuss how to apply the “Security Assurances Connection Act” passed in recent years in the event of an emergency situation in the Taiwan Strait.
The Japanese “Security Protection Law” came into effect on March 29, 2016, authorizing the Self Defense Forces to play a greater role with the permission of the Diet. The “Security Security Law” came into effect on March 29, 2016, authorizing the SDF to play a greater role with the permission of the Diet. It specifies 3 different conditions such as “important impact state”, “existential crisis state”, “forceful attack state”, etc., according to which the type of action of the SDF with different intensity is formulated.
According to Kyodo News today (25), informed sources revealed that Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga recently visited the United States to meet with U.S. President Joe Biden, said that if there is an emergency situation in Taiwan, it may be equivalent to an “important impact state” or “existential crisis state “.
According to the former simulation, the Japanese government would be able to invoke the Security Law’s “significant impact state of affairs” to provide rear support and supplies to U.S. forces in order to assist in Taiwan’s defense and counterattack the Chinese Communist Party; according to the latter simulation, if the war situation worsens and leads to a forceful attack on a country with close ties to Japan, the government would be able to invoke the Law’s “existential crisis state of affairs” and authorize the Self-Defense Forces to counterattack the Chinese Communist Liberation Army under certain conditions.
If Japan, including U.S. forces in Japan, is attacked by force, the government can then invoke the state of affairs and authorize the Self-Defense Forces to exercise their individual self-defense rights to counterattack by force.
As previously reported, Biden and Kan issued a joint statement after the meeting, which explicitly mentioned “the importance of peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait” and was interpreted as “possible involvement of Japan’s Self-Defense Forces in the Taiwan Strait conflict,” but Kan denied this during a questioning session at the Diet on the 20th. However, Kan denied this statement when he was questioned by the Diet on the 20th.
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