Rice has been grown in Taiwan for centuries, but many modern varieties of the island's staple food have their origins in Japan. While the earliest written record of rice being cultivated on the subtropical island dates back to 1602, archaeologists have found evidence that aboriginal ...

On Sunday, Tsai Ing-wen marked the second anniversary of her inauguration as the fourth democratically elected president of Taiwan. On that day two years ago, she said the purpose of electing a new leader is to "resolve problems." And this is what she has committed ...

Japanese who lived in Taiwan during a 50-year period of colonial rule ultimately weren't given a choice after the end of World War II: They were forced to repatriate to a country many hadn't stepped foot in for decades, if ever. Altogether, over 300,000 returned ...

The owner of a camera lost at sea for over two years — which turned up on a beach in Taiwan this week — has been identified as a university student in Tokyo after an online search. The last photo on the camera, which was ...

Last August, after nearly 20 months of work, city officials unveiled the newly restored Qing Dynasty-era (1644-1912) North Gate in west Taipei. At the opening ceremony, Mayor Ko Wen-je said the iconic arched structure would be the first landmark visitors see when they arrive in ...

Fireflies don't have a lot going for them. For starters, they're bugs —not the pretty kind like butterflies, but beetles, the kind people swat away from lunch boxes or squash on the sidewalk. Even when they do their signature thing of glowing, ambient light ...

Taipei Zoo has said it has successfully bred yet another species of poison dart frog, with expertise from a Japanese zoo, and expects the first batch of hatched tadpoles to transform into froglets in the coming days. Tai Wei-yu, a section chief of the zoo's ...

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). Among the commemorative events, Taiwanese officials earlier this year celebrated two Japanese colonial-era train stations: the main station in ...

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. Among these preparations ...

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. While the captain and crew of the ship ...