Taiwan history is still a rather neglected, out-of-the-way field of study in Japan, hardly to be mentioned in the same breath--whether in terms of scholarly participation or of research results--with the study of Chinese history, which enjoys a worldwide reputation.
在日本學術圈，有關台灣史研究雖然還是十分冷門的一個範疇，不論人員與研究成果都難以與在世界漢學界已享有地位的中國史研究相提並論。