Japan claimed Wednesday that it has not received an application for an entry visa from former Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda told a regular news conference Wednesday morning that officials at the Taipei office of the Interchange Association, which is the main channel of communication between Japan and Taiwan, said that "there has been no application or acceptance of such a document."
But on Tuesday, Hideo Tarumi, secretary general at the Taipei office, confirmed that the application had been filed earlier in the day.