Pro-Taiwanese sentiment (Chinese: 親台派) refer to feelings or attitudes in favor of Taiwan.
At the time, Japanese conservatives generally had figures in favor of the Taiwanese government led by Chiang Kai-shek in an anti-communist stance.
The outbreak of the Korean War in 1950 greatly worsened the relationship between the PRC and the United States, and Japan chose Taiwan in 1952 to sign the Treaty of Taipei.
Shintaro Ishihara said on May 20, 2000, when he was visiting to attend the inauguration of President Chen Shui-bian, who is serving as governor of Tokyo: "I think one China, one Taiwan is good" (私は一つの中国。一つの台湾で良いと思う).
[2] On June 28, 2021, Yasuhide Nakayama, a State Minister of Defense, said in a lecture at the Hudson Institute, "people say we are like friends, but we are not, we are family", referring to Taiwan as "country".