The Taiwan Strait Crises and the U.S.-Japan Security Relations in the 1950s

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  • 安保改定に向けた米国の決定
  • ―1950年代台湾海峡危機の影響

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<p>  This paper examines the impact of Japanese diplomacy on the American policy toward Japan during the Taiwan Strait crises in the 1950s.</p><p>  The Taiwan Strait crisis of 1954–55 broke out when the U.S. considered renewing the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty of 1951. However, the advantages of that replacement for the U.S. were unclear. In addition, the Japanese government did not oppose the U.S. use of the bases in Japan, nor did the government request to renegotiate. So, the U.S. decided not to propose it.</p><p>  In 1958, the U.S. considered again the renewal of the treaty, which Japan had requested in the fall of 1955 and 1957. Nevertheless, the U.S. could not begin negotiating a new treaty because Japan’s dedication to cooperating with the Free World was still unclear, and the U.S. could not reach a consensus over how much authority should be granted to Japan on the bases in Japan. At that time, the Taiwan Strait Crisis of 1958 happened, and Japan stood by the U.S. and agreed to the U.S. use of the bases in a cooperative manner. The Japanese attitude to the crisis allayed American concerns and made it possible to start negotiating a new U.S.-Japan Security Treaty.</p>

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