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- New Kioicho Strategy Institute poll ranks Japan's top security risks: Middle East, Taiwan, cyberattacks
- Taiwan ranks second, reflecting deep Japan-Taiwan geopolitical and supply-chain links
- Middle East leads, tied to oil, energy imports and inflation pressure on real incomes
- Cyberattacks make the top three, echoing rising corporate and infrastructure security spending
- For Taiwanese readers, Japan's risk ranking is a useful lens on cooperation and hedging
For anyone tracking Japan-Taiwan ties or doing business in Japan, this poll matters: the Kioicho Strategy Institute ranks 'Taiwan contingency' as Japan's second-most-important security risk, behind the Middle East and ahead of cyberattacks. The Middle East tops the list for energy-import reasons, feeding imported inflation and the BOJ's rate path. Taiwan placing second is concrete, not rhetorical: semiconductors, precision parts and shipping lanes bind the two economies, which underlies Japan's Kumamoto chip buildout and economic-security laws. Cyberattacks ranking third confirms security as a national-level risk. The takeaways for Taiwan: supply-chain cooperation will deepen, economic-security compliance is now a real dimension, and energy, defense and cybersecurity are consensus long-term themes.
(Summary translated from the Kioicho Strategy Institute release.) A new survey finds Japanese respondents rank the security risks Japan should prioritize as: Middle East situation, Taiwan situation, and cyberattacks. Heavy dependence on Middle East energy imports drives the top concern; the Taiwan situation ranks second for its close ties to Japan's geographic security and supply chains; cyberattacks place third amid rising threats to critical infrastructure and corporate systems.