Kaga Declaration: Growing Calls for a Japanese Taiwan Relations Act

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"The Taiwan-Japan Exchange Summit, which was launched in 2015 and is comprised of local parliamentarians from across Japan and Taiwan, recently held its 6th summit in Kaga City in western Japan. The meeting saw the issuance of the “Kaga Declaration”, which included a call for the Japanese government to promptly enact a “Taiwan-Japan Exchange Basic Law” to enhance Taiwan-Japan diplomatic and security cooperation in the absence of official ties between the two governments. This is the latest in a series of growing calls from Japanese supporters of Taiwan who have sought to encourage the Japanese government to enact its own version of the United States’ Taiwan Relations Act (TRA) for over a decade."

Vol. 5, Issue 21 – Global Taiwan Institute