24-015E Energy Vulnerability of Taiwan, Japan, and Korea: Need for the Energy Dominance in the North-West Pacific Taishi Sugiyama (Research Director, The Canon Institute for Global Studies) July 9, 2024 ※Opinions expressed or implied in the CIGS Working Paper Series are solely those of the author, and do not necessarily represent the views of the CIGS or its sponsor. [...] General Incorporated Foundation The Canon Institute for Global Studies 一般財団法人 キヤノングローバル戦略研究所 Phone: +81-3-6213-0550 Energy Vulnerability of Taiwan, Japan, and Korea: Need for the Energy Dominance in the North-West Pacific Taishi Sugiyama, Research Director, The Canon Institute for Global Studies July 9, 2024 Summary The common weakness of Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea is energ. [...] The government institutes energy rationing and implements large-scale rolling blackouts and restrictions on electricity use, but the power and energy shortages causes the collapse of food logistics and cold chains, and leads to widespread food shortages and starvation to death. [...] Taiwan The joint study by the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) and the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) has elaborated a scenario of a Chinese blockade of Taiwan, titled “From Coercion to Capitulation” 1. [...] However, the current stockpile of coal is only 40 days' worth, and the government is in the process of increasing it to 50 days' worth.
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