The U.S.-Japan Leaders Summit Joint Statement once again included “the importance of peace and stability in Taiwan” after half a century, and through the release of this statement, Japan must also look at how to respond in the event of “Taiwan trouble. The Yomiuri Shimbun explored three types of actions that the Self-Defense Forces could take with different intensities, including logistical support from U.S. forces, the exercise of force based on the right to collective self-defense, and the activation of individual self-defense rights.
The report pointed out that Taiwan’s proximity to the southwestern outlying islands, including the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture, if something happens to Taiwan, Japan may also be affected by the force of attack.
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The report points out that if an emergency occurs in Taiwan, the United States is likely to counterattack in order to defend Taiwan, in this case, the Self Defense Forces can provide logistical support such as fuel supplies to the U.S. military in accordance with the Security Law of the “State of Significant Influence Act”. Specifically, an emergency situation in Taiwan, if left unchecked, could lead to a direct force attack on Japan and seriously affect the peace and stability of Japan, and thus be considered a “state of significant influence”.
If the situation worsens, it may become a “state of existential crisis,” and the SDF may conditionally exercise its right of collective self-defense to use force in response to a forceful attack on a country such as the U.S. military, although the SDF Law strictly stipulates the conditions for the use of force, which must be “when a country with which Japan has close relations However, the Self-Defense Forces Law strictly stipulates that the conditions for the use of force must be “a state of affairs in which there is a clear danger that the existence of Japan will be threatened and the rights of its citizens will be subverted if a country with which Japan has close relations is attacked by force.
The most serious situation is when Japan is attacked by force, including the U.S. military bases in Japan, and the Japanese government can consider it a “state of armed attack” and activate its individual right of self-defense and use force to counterattack.
The report also points out that the Self Defense Forces are required to be recognized by the Diet when they are deployed based on these three states of affairs.
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