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Taiwan Studies in Japan: 1995-2014* Invited Article Taiwan Studies in Japan: 1995-2014* Atsushi Sugano** ,QP\SDSHUHQWLWOHG³7DLZDQ6WXGLHVLQ-DSDQ studies in Japan from 1995 to 2014. However, the ´ , ZRXOG OLNH WR EULHÀ\ LQWURGXFH WKH PDMRU present situation cannot be understood without trends in Taiwan Studies in Japan from 1995 to 2014 knowing its background; therefore, I will start with a by reviewing the most important book publications brief history of Taiwan studies in postwar Japan, and I during this period and by discussing future possibilities will move on to the chronological review on the state DQGSURVSHFWVIRUWKH¿HOG1 RIWKH¿HOGGXULQJWKHSDVW\HDUV Taiwan Studies in Japan from 1995 to 2014 can be divided into two periods. One is from 1995 until WKHPLGGOHRIWKHVZKLFKFDQEHLGHQWL¿HGDVD Taiwan Studies in Postwar Japan: Until ³3DUDGLJPVKLIWLQ7DLZDQ6WXGLHV´WKHRWKHULVIURP 1990s WKHPLGVWRZKLFKRQWKHRWKHUKDQGFDQ EH LGHQWL¿HG DV WKH ³(YROXWLRQ RI 7DLZDQ 6WXGLHV´ The origins of Taiwan studies in Japan can be traced For both periods, changes in Taiwan Studies in Japan to two regions: Kansai (with Osaka as the center) and ZDV GLUHFWO\ D൵HFWHG E\ WKH SROLWLFDO DQG VRFLDO Kanto area (with Tokyo as the center). 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Views from the periphery such ZHUH<X]LQ&KLDXWRQJ1J6HNDL.R-LQ&KLQJ/LX as Okinawa, Korea and Taiwan were lacking in the &KDX\DQ7X.XRKXL7DLDQG,RNWHN2QJ11 GRPLQDQW³RQHFRXQWU\FHQWULVP´LQ-DSDQHVHPRGHUQ Although the researchers in both Kansai and Kanto KLVWRU\VWXGLHV$൵HFWHGE\WKH&ROG:DUSROLWLFV area gathered and started forming study groups about 3 $76H[SDQGHGXQGHUWKHOHDGHUVKLSRI+LURVKL,VKLGD$IWHU,VKLGDSDVVHGDZD\LQ<RVKLUR0DWVXGDLVLQFKDUJHRI$76,VKLGDZDV DOVRWKHSUHVLGHQWRI-$76IURP 4 7KHQDPHRIWKHMRXUQDOZDVFKDQJHGIURPTaiwanshi Kenkyukai Kaiho Taiwanshi Kenkyu WKHQ Gendai Taiwan Kenkyu SUHVHQW 5 TATS was originally named as Tenri Taiwan Kenkyukai in Japanese, and renamed in 1995. 6 7KHRULJLQDOPHPEHUVLQFOXGH0DVDKLUR:DNDED\DVKL0DVD\RVKL0DWVXQDJDDQG0HLWHWVX+DUX\DPD 7 $FFRUGLQJWR+DUX\DPD$0&+7ZDVRULJLQDOO\QDPHGDV³7RQHLNDL´LQWKHHDUO\V 8 0DVD\RVKL0DWVXQDJD³7DL.RNNLQR,FKL´>[email protected] 0HLWHWVX+DUX\DPD0DVD\RVKL0DWVXQDJD &KL]XUX7DLQDND7HWVXVKL0DUXNDZDHGV Hakka, Kakyo, Taiwan, Chugoku [Hakka, Ovrseas Chinese, Taiwan, China] .XRKXL7DL &ROOHFWLRQV, 7RN\R0L\DEL6KXSSDQS 9 7KLVQXPEHULVFRXQWHGE\.XRKXL7DL.XRKXL7DL³1LKRQQLRNHUX7DLZDQ.HQN\X´>[email protected] 0HLWHWVX +DUX\DPD0DVD\RVKL0DWVXQDJD&KL]XUX7DLQDND7HWVXVKL0DUXNDZDHGV Taiwanshi no Mosaku [In Search of Taiwan History] .XR KXL7DL&ROOHFWLRQV,, 7RN\R0L\DEL6KXSSDQSS7KHRULJLQDODUWLFOHZDVLQAjia Keizai Vol.100, September 1969. 106HHDERYHSDSHUE\.XRKXL7DL 11<X]LQ&KLDXWRQJ1JTaiwan Minshukoku no Kenkyu [Study of Taiwan Democratic Republic] 7RN\R8QLYHUVLW\RI7RN\R3UHVV Sekai Ko, Nihon Tochika no Taiwan [Taiwan under Japanese Rule] 7RN\R8QLYHUVLW\RI7RN\R3UHVV -LQ&KLQJ/LXSengo Taiwan Keizai Bunseki, 1945-1965 [A Structural Analysis of Political Economy in Taiwan, 1945-1965] (Tokyo: University of Tokyo 3UHVV &KDX\DQ7XNihon Teikokushugika no Taiwan [Taiwan Under Japanese Imperialism] 7RN\R8QLYHUVLW\RI7RN\R3UHVV .XRKXL7DLTaiwan Musha Hoki Jiken [Musha Uprising in Taiwan] 7RN\R6KDNDL6KLVRXVKD ,RNWHN2QJTaiwango no Rekishiteki Kenkyu [Historical Survey on Taiwanese Language] (Tokyo: Daiichi Shobo, 1987). 55 Journal of Inter-Regional Studies: Regional and Global Perspectives (JIRS) — Vol.1 Taiwan approximately at roughly the same time, SUHVLGHQWZDV0DVDKLUR:DNDED\DVKL120HPEHUVKLS Taiwan studies did not attract much attention until began with 233 in 1998, and it expanded, in ten years, 1990s. 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The Third Taiwan Straits Crisis in the negative image of Taiwan studies, which had ZDVWKHNH\HYHQW$OWKRXJKWKLVHYHQWZDV ORQJ GRPLQDWHG .07 RULHQWHG VWHUHRW\SHV ,Q WKH VLJQL¿FDQW IRU KRZ LW FKDQJHG WKH SROLWLFDO V\VWHP ten years after Taiwan’s launch of liberalization and through the implementation of direct presidential democratization, the growth and expansion of Taiwan HOHFWLRQV\VWHPLQLWVPRVWVLJQL¿FDQWLPSDFW studies in Japan reached a critical moment in the late was on Taiwanese identity, which, at the time, was V1RZZHVKDOOORRNDWWKH¿UVWSHULRGRIWKH V\PEROL]HGE\/HH7HQJKXL+LVULVHWRSURPLQHQFH years of Taiwan studies in Japan beginning from 1995, HYHQ OHG WKH 3HRSOHV¶ /LEHUDWLRQ $UP\ WR ODXQFK ZKLFK,QDPHG³3DUDGLJPVKLIWLQ7DLZDQ6WXGLHV´ a missile exercise with the aim of preventing Lee’s HOHFWLRQ7KH KLVWRULF GHIHDW RI WKH .07 DQG WKH WDNHRYHURISROLWLFDOUHJLPHE\'33LQZDVWKH 1995 to mid-2000s: Paradigm shift in cause of this paradigm shift in Taiwan studies. 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