{"id":15715,"date":"2022-08-23T13:31:04","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T12:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldpolicyconference.com\/?p=15715"},"modified":"2022-08-23T13:31:04","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T12:31:04","slug":"japan-ill-prepared-for-taiwan-emergency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldpolicyconference.com\/fr\/japan-ill-prepared-for-taiwan-emergency\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan ill-prepared for Taiwan emergency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-header\" data-trackable=\"article\" data-version=\"16\" data-paywall-state=\"\">\n<div class=\"article-header__container\">\n<div class=\"article-header__head\">\n<div class=\"article-header\" data-trackable=\"article\" data-version=\"14\" data-paywall-state=\"\">\n<div class=\"article-header__container\">\n<div class=\"article-header__head\">\n<div class=\"article-header\" data-trackable=\"article\" data-version=\"16\" data-paywall-state=\"\">\n<div class=\"article-header__container\">\n<div class=\"article-header__head\">\n<div class=\"article-header\" data-trackable=\"article\" data-version=\"14\" data-paywall-state=\"\">\n<div class=\"article-header__container\">\n<div class=\"article-header__head\">\n<div class=\"article-header\" data-trackable=\"article\" data-version=\"13\" data-paywall-state=\"\">\n<div class=\"article-header__container\">\n<div class=\"article-header__head\">\n<p class=\"article-header__sub-title\" data-trackable=\"subhead\"><span class=\"ezstring-field\">Country must beef up decision-making and cooperation with allies, private sector<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article\" data-trackable=\"article\" data-version=\"13\" data-test=\"article\">\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<div data-trackable=\"image-main\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-main img-fluid \" src=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/__origami\/service\/image\/v2\/images\/raw\/https%253A%252F%252Fs3-ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com%252Fpsh-ex-ftnikkei-3937bb4%252Fimages%252F2%252F5%252F6%252F6%252F41826652-3-eng-GB%252FAP22227370780869.jpg?width=700&amp;fit=cover&amp;gravity=faces&amp;dpr=2&amp;quality=medium&amp;source=nar-cms\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"article__caption\" data-trackable=\"caption\">Joe Biden, left, Fumio Kishida, Tsai Ing-wen and Xi Jinping:\u00a0As China-Taiwan tensions intensify, experts worry about Japan&rsquo;s readiness to deal with an emergency in the Taiwan Strait. (Nikkei montage\/Xinhua\/AP\/Getty Images\/Reuters)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"article__details\"><span class=\"article__author\" data-trackable=\"byline\"><span class=\"ezstring-field\">HIROYUKI AKITA, Nikkei commentator<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"article__details\"><span class=\"timestamp timestamp--no-icon article__date timestamp--full\" data-trackable=\"timestamp\" data-test=\"timestamp\" data-time-utc=\"August 21, 2022 06:10 UTC\" data-updated=\"false\" data-show-full=\"true\"><time class=\"timestamp__time\">August 21, 2022 <\/time><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"article-body-preview\" data-article-body=\"\" data-trackable=\"bodytext\">\n<div class=\"ezrichtext-field\">\n<p>TOKYO &#8212; China&rsquo;s saber-ratting to intimidate Taiwan is stirring up tensions in the Taiwan Strait, raising concerns that the region is entering an extended period of heightened risk of armed conflict. The increasingly volatile situation means time is running out for Japan to prepare for a full-blown crisis involving Taiwan.<\/p>\n<p>This is, however, not the first time for Japan to face a tense situation in the strait. In March 1996, the Chinese military launched missiles into waters around Taiwan, calling it a military exercise, in an apparent attempt to intervene in the island&rsquo;s presidential election &#8212; an incident that became known as the Third Taiwan Strait Crisis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read the original article on the <a href=\"https:\/\/asia.nikkei.com\/Spotlight\/Comment\/Japan-ill-prepared-for-Taiwan-emergency\">Nikkei <\/a>website.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Country must beef up decision-making and cooperation with allies, private sector Joe Biden, left, Fumio Kishida, Tsai Ing-wen and Xi Jinping:\u00a0As China-Taiwan tensions intensify, experts worry about Japan&rsquo;s readiness to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":15128,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[153],"class_list":["post-15715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-room","tag-153"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpolicyconference.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpolicyconference.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpolicyconference.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpolicyconference.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpolicyconference.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpolicyconference.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15715\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpolicyconference.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpolicyconference.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpolicyconference.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpolicyconference.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}