Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui will apply for an entry visa next week to attend an international symposium in central Japan at the end of the month, promoters of Lee's Japan visit said Wednesday.
Mineo Nakajima, head of the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, said Lee informed him of his decision to apply for a visa Saturday before Lee left for a one-week trip to the Czech Republic.
Nakajima said Lee will submit his visa application Monday to Japan's unofficial mission in Taiwan, the Interchange Foundation's Taipei Office.
The request could put Tokyo in a diplomatic dilemma as China objects strongly to overseas visits by Lee, whom it accuses of promoting Taiwan independence despite his retirement from active political life in May.