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Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 28, 2022
Taiwan's Tsai welcomes Japan's shift in defense policy amid rising China threat
Former industry minister Hiroshige Seko told the Taiwanese leader Japan's stronger stance 'will work as a clear and strong deterrent' against attempts to 'change the status quo by force.'
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 10, 2022
Taiwan pledges deeper Japan security cooperation as senior LDP lawmaker visits
Meeting in Taipei, President Tsai Ing-wen thanked Koichi Hagiuda, the LDP's policy chief, for Japan's support over issues like maintaining security in the sensitive Taiwan Strait.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 27, 2022
Attention turns to presidential poll after Taiwan ruling party thrashing
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen resigned as DPP chairwoman after the defeat, the worst showing in the party's history, highlighted that its focus on China had backfired with voters.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 27, 2022
Taiwan president quits as party head after China threat bet fails to win votes
The main opposition party, the Kuomintang, was leading or claimed victory in 13 of the 21 city mayor and county chief seats up for grabs, including the capital Taipei.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Oct 12, 2022
Fearing war in Xi's next term, Taiwan bolsters defenses
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen has made modernizing the country's armed forces a priority, developing what she has called 'comprehensive asymmetric warfare capabilities.'
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 23, 2022
Taiwanese independence is a charging rhino that must be stopped, China says
Chinese authorities use the term 'gray rhinos” to refer to highly probably, high-impact financial hazards that risk being overlooked.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 1, 2022
Taiwan says it looks forward to producing 'democracy chips' with U.S.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., a major Apple supplier and the world's largest contract chipmaker, is constructing a $12 billion plant in Arizona.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 31, 2022
Taiwan shoots at Chinese drone after president warns of 'strong countermeasures'
Footage of at least two drone missions showing Taiwanese soldiers at their posts, and in one case throwing rocks at a drone, have circulated widely on Chinese social media.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 23, 2022
Japanese lawmakers meet with Taiwan's Tsai amid cross-strait tensions
Tensions between China and the United States have heightened since U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi recently became the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit Taiwan in more than two decades.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 22, 2022
Taiwan touts 'democracy chips' in meeting with Indiana governor
Gov. Eric Holcomb was making the third trip to Taiwan this month by a U.S. delegation after U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited briefly, infuriating China.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 21, 2022
Indiana governor latest U.S. official to visit Taiwan amid China tensions
Gov. Eric Holcomb tweeted that he would also be visiting South Korea, while Taiwan's presidential office said he would meet President Tsai Ing-wen on Monday morning.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 16, 2022
Troops, noodles and familial love: China lays out its ideal Taiwan
Alongside its flashy display of power, China has been laying out its most forceful vision — political, economic, cultural — of a unified future.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 3, 2022
Nancy Pelosi meets Taiwan's Tsai, vowing that U.S. won't abandon Taipei
In a meeting with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen, the U.S. House speaker said that Washington's solidarity with Taipei is “crucial” now more than ever.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 28, 2022
Taiwan's Tsai Ing-wen meets Japan ex-defense minister and hopes to bolster ties
Ishiba led a bipartisan delegation of Japanese lawmakers focused on national security and arrived in Taiwan for a four-day visit.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 26, 2022
Taiwan president lauds military while overseeing drills from warship
The drills, which simulate the repulsion of an invader, coincide with air-raid exercises across the island as it boosts combat preparedness in the face of rising Chinese military pressure.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 11, 2022
Taiwan vice president makes rare Japan visit to pay respects to Abe
Taiwan's official Central News Agency said William Lai, who will attend Abe's funeral, is the most senior official to visit Japan since Tokyo broke official ties with Taipei in 1972.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 14, 2022
As China rattles sabers, Taiwan asks: Are we ready for war?
Ukraine's stubborn resistance to invasion, and the help that has poured in as a result, has both inspired Taiwan and made it rethink its own military strategy.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 31, 2022
Tsai Ing-wen says U.S. National Guard planning 'cooperation' with Taiwan military
The United States is Chinese-claimed Taiwan's most important international supporter and arms supplier, despite the lack of formal diplomatic ties.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 6, 2022
Japanese lawmakers reaffirm importance of peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait
A delegation led by Masanobu Ogura, head of the LDP's youth division, arrived in Taiwan on Wednesday for a five-day visit.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 12, 2022
Taiwan's Tsai Ing-wen vows to fight autocracy with European lawmakers
A Swedish member of the European Parliament said that Taiwan and Europe are facing the expansion of authoritarianism in their respective regions.
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
Raising kids in Japan as a single parent? It takes a village.
Making things work as a foreign, single mother in Japan isn't easy, but these tips and tricks can help you through the hardest parts.
JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
In Japan, regional revitalization fails to halt population decline
Sakiyama elementary school in Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, in March .Over the past decade, the government has directed efforts toward policies designed to give young people incentives to base themselves in rural areas.
Putin’s war will soon reach Russians’ tax bills
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting in St. Petersburg on Friday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.

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