Japan think tank invites Taiwan scholars to tabletop war games: Source
ROC Central News Agency
07/01/2023 06:16 PM
Taipei, July 1 (CNA) Some Taiwanese defense scholars have been invited to observe the tabletop war games that will be held later this month by a Japanese think tank, simulating a military conflict across the Taiwan Strait, a source told CNA recently.
The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the invitation was extended in early June, during a visit to Taiwan by Reiko Nagano, secretary-general of the Japan Forum for Strategic Studies (JFSS), at the head of a delegation.
Nagano's delegation, which included former Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force chief of staff Kiyofumi Iwata, former Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force chief of staff Tomohisa Takei and former Japanese Air Materiel Command Commander Oue Sadamasa, was in Taipei to visit the Institute for National Defense and Security Research (INDSR).
During the visit, the delegation extended an invitation for some Taiwanese defense scholars to observe the war games in Japan, which are expected to start sometime between July 15 and 23, the source told CNA.
The tabletop games in Japan would simulate a blockade of Taiwan by the Chinese People's Liberation Army, the INDSR had said earlier.
The response would focus on battlefield management and collaborative defense measures, in keeping with the notion that "a Taiwan emergency is a Japanese emergency," the institute said.
If Taiwan defense scholars do attend the war games as observers, it will be the first unofficial collaborative effort of its kind between the United States, Japan and Taiwan since the exercise was first held in August 2021, according to the INDSR.
(By Matt Yu and Ko Lin)
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