日美安全保障體制之研究─兼論日本P.K.O.體制

Abstract

After the World War II, Japan accepted the fact of defeated and gave the reins of its territory to the Allied Forces. It was during this period that the Allied Forces and Japan came to terms on a new Japanese constitution and signed the Treaty of Peace and the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the US and Japan (hereafter referred to as the Anpo Treaty), which constitutes a major security pillar for Japan after the withdraw of the Allied Forces and the resumption of Japanese sovereignty. Due to the Anpo mechanism, there emerges a contradiction between the Article 9 of its constitution and the new security treaty, giving rise to an internal dispute on the unconstitutionality and the concern over the validity of the Self Defense Forces and causing an argument over the priority of the constitution and the Anpo Treaty. Although Japan is planning to resort to constitutional amendments to solve the problem, due to lack of internal consensus, it remains a long way to go before the controversy could be finally removed. What needs Taiwan’s close attention is that how to respond if Japan successfully solves the contradiction of the Article 9, improves its military buildup and change its measures towards the territorial and sovereignty dispute. Is Taiwan capable of countering Japan in the above-mentioned scenario? Even though the answer remains uncertain to most people, the writer thinks it necessary to propose a possible solution in advance.