The controversy surrounding Yoshinori Kobayashi's On Taiwan rages on. However, with the return of National Policy Advisor Alice King from Japan in March, the subject of the debate turned from comfort women to the issue of Taiwanese independence.
日本漫畫家小林善紀的《台灣論》爭議持續發酵，旅日的國策顧問金美齡則於三月返台，將焦點進一步由慰安婦問題拉昇為國家定位之爭。