After a 52-year hiatus, the Japanese and Taiwanese coast guards recently held joint maritime exercises, their first collaboration since Japan and Taiwan severed formal diplomatic ties in 1972. An expert believes this development has significant symbolic value as Japan intensifies its engagement in NATO’s Indo-Pacific defense strategies to counter threats from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
On July 18, maritime forces from Japan and Taiwan gathered off Japan’s eastern coast to execute search and rescue drills. The exercises aimed to bolster unity and enhance practical cooperation between the Japanese and Taiwanese coast guards.
