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Japan-Taiwan relations

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History of the Japan-Taiwan relations

日台関係歴史表

Reason why diplomacy does not exist and Taiwan independence issue

For the Taiwan independence issue, the Japanese government has taken the following attitude.

  • The Japanese government is not involved in this issue.
  • Keeping relationships between Japan and Taiwan only non-governmental relations.
  • The Japanese government wants the mainland China and Taiwan to settle peacefully through dialogue.

Current relations

Japanese bullet train running in Taiwan
台湾高速鉄道
By Encino(talk / Contributions) at the Chinese Wikipedia [Public domain],
Taiwan-HighSpeedRail-700T-testrun-2006-0624.jpg, via Wikimedia Commons

Looking at the attitude of the Japanese government to Taiwan, the relationship is impressive, but 67% of Japanese responding according to 外務省の「最近の日台関係と台湾情勢 」, 65% of people in Taiwan It seems that they have mutual friends.

Although diplomatic relations with Japan do not exist, considering the fact that visitors come and going back and forth, a lot of support at the time of the disaster, and the fact that Japan's Shinkansen runs in Taiwan, It can be said that a relationship is established.

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