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JAPAN / History

Jul 25, 2017

Taiwan looks back on 130-year railway legacy initiated by colonial ruler Japan

This year marks the 130th anniversary of the start of construction of Taiwan's first railway, back when the island was part of China's Qing Dynasty (1644-1912).

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JAPAN

Oct 5, 2016

Groups work to preserve Japanese colonial architecture in Taipei

Toward the end of World War II, Japanese authorities in Taiwan began to prepare for a possible invasion the United States, which would have included a blockade of the island's ports and isolation of major population centers from sources of essential supplies.

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LIFE / Travel

Sep 14, 2016

Japan's lighthouse legacy lives on in Taiwan

In the summer of 1867, the American merchant vessel Rover, sailing north from southern China's Guangdong Province, lost its way during a storm, drifted into waters off the southern coast of Taiwan, struck a reef, and sank.

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JAPAN / Politics

Jun 8, 2016

Beijing aside, Tsai presidency looks to draw Taipei closer to Tokyo

Taiwan's new president, Tsai Ing-wen, has appointed two high-ranking members of her party to handle the island's relations with Japan.

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JAPAN / Politics

May 3, 2016

Taipei's new Tokyo envoy pick has affinity for Japan, looks to strengthen ties

Taiwanese foreign policy is often criticized for its preoccupation with China and the United States at the expense of its relations with other nations, especially regional neighbors. But that may be about to change.

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ENVIRONMENT

Feb 13, 2016

Lost cranes find sanctuary in Taiwan, Japan

Just over a month ago, commuters emerging from a busy subway station in Taipei were greeted by a strange sight: a rare Siberian crane standing on the sidewalk, apparently quite comfortable with the crowd it was attracting.

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JAPAN / History

Sep 23, 2015

Old film and hopeful letter help reunite Japanese teacher, 106, with former students in Taiwan

"Life imitates art far more than art imitates life." Or so said Irish playwright Oscar Wilde, who argued that people often don't see things in the world until an artist shows it to them.

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JAPAN / Science & Health

Sep 1, 2015

Japanese zoologist's coral findings inspire Taiwanese films

It was 1939, and Siro Kawaguti, a Japanese zoology lecturer at Taihoku Imperial University (now National Taiwan University), was curious about the thick, pinkish slicks he saw floating on the surface of the sea off the coast of Taiwan. So he took samples back to his lab for examination.

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JAPAN

Jul 10, 2015

Japanese doctors to arrive in Taiwan on Sunday to treat burn victims

A team of Japanese specialists are expected to arrive in Taiwan on Sunday to help treat burn victims from last month's explosion and fire at a water park, which killed three people and injured around 500, the island's health authorities said.

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JAPAN

Jul 3, 2015

Rising Sun emblem removed from Taiwan fighter jets after Tokyo protests

Rising Sun flag emblems on two of Taiwan's fighter jets, representing Japanese aircraft shot down during the war, have been removed before the aircraft go on display Saturday, following concerns raised by Tokyo's de facto mission.

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JAPAN / Science & Health

Jun 29, 2015

Curiosity is prizewinning researcher's driving force

The Japanese co-winner of the first Tang Prize in Biopharmaceutical Science last year said Monday that curiosity is the key driving force behind his success, an element he said is important in scientific research.

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JAPAN

Jan 28, 2015

Kyushu entrepreneur hoping to tap Taiwan's hunger for pancakes

A branch of the Kyushu Pancake Cafe opened in Taipei on Monday, as the Japanese business ventures into the highly competitive yet lucrative Taiwanese market.

Japan Times

ENVIRONMENT

Aug 27, 2014

Japanese tree doctors make house call to save famous Taiwan maple

On July 25, Tokuo Yamashita and Yoshihisa Kawaguchi flew to Taitung County in southeastern Taiwan to rescue a tree.

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JAPAN

Jun 17, 2014

Museums to display Taiwan's treasures

Japan will host two exhibits of more than 200 artifacts from Taiwan's National Palace Museum, regarded by many as having the foremost collection of Chinese antiquities in the world.

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JAPAN

May 15, 2014

Taiwanese kamikaze looks back

Toward the end of World War II, following a series of military defeats, and faced with a rapidly deteriorating ability to defend the homeland, Japan began launching aerial suicide attacks on Allied forces in the Pacific.

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ENVIRONMENT

Apr 9, 2014

Japan turtle finds haven in Taiwan

In late January, Cheng I-Jiunn, a marine biology professor at the National Taiwan Ocean University, got a call telling him a green sea turtle incidentally captured in the northeastern part of the island desperately needed medical attention.

JAPAN

Jan 16, 2014

Fukushima No. 1 engineer's warning to Taiwan: Nuclear power unstable

A Japanese engineer who helped build reactor 4 at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant says such plants are inherently unstable, urging Taiwan to ditch atomic energy for renewable resources.

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JAPAN / Politics

Jun 28, 2013

China to mar visit, activist Chen fears

Prominent Chinese human rights advocate Chen Guangcheng, who has lived in the United States since leaving China last year, said he expects China will try to interfere with his planned trip to Japan.

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JAPAN / Politics

Jun 13, 2013

Taiwan fisheries pact frustrates both sides

One would have thought that Taiwanese and Japanese fishermen would have been content after their two governments signed a landmark fisheries pact two months ago, following years of on and off negotiations on fishing near the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.

JAPAN

Apr 23, 2013

Details of new Japan-Taiwan fisheries pact are explained

Government officials met Friday with fishermen in Yilan County on Taiwan's northeast coast to explain the extended fishing access they've been granted by the landmark fisheries agreement Taiwan signed with Japan.

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