For Tokyo, peace in Taiwan isn't 'someone else's problem,' representative in Japan says
The head of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Japan said maintaining peace on the island should be clarified in a joint statement at this week's U.S.-Japan summit.
Friday's accident left at least 50 dead after a packed train collided with a vehicle on the tracks and then derailed inside a tunnel, in the island's worst railway accident in decades.
Fire authorities in Taiwan said the accident that occurred in Hualien County left 48 people dead and 66 others injured.
Japan asks Taiwan manufacturers to cooperate in chip production
The move comes after a chip plant owned by Renesas Electronic Corp. was hit by a fire earlier this month.
Pineapple diplomacy? China's Taiwan import ban prompts sales surge in Japan
In the wake of the ban, ostensibly as a means to keep agricultural pests at bay, consumers in Japan have been buying the fruit as a gesture of thanks or solidarity.
Emma will soon travel to Tobu Zoo in Saitama Prefecture where a 10-year-old fellow rhino "Moran" has been lined up to be her first suitor.
Japan Coast Guard has brush with Taiwanese fishing boat off Senkakus
The incident occurred within Japan's territorial waters as the patrol boat was warning the fishing vessel to leave while sailing alongside it.
The animal, named Emma, will be sent to its new home in Saitama Prefecture in March.
Taiwan president says she has no plans to talk to Japan's Suga
Tsai Ing-wen's remarks came after China's Foreign Ministry warned Tokyo that such talks “will never happen.”
Suga may look to end decades of silence and hold talks with Taiwan's Tsai
Such talks — which would be the first since formal diplomatic ties were severed in 1972 — would almost certainly stoke anger in China.
Ex-PM Mori meets Taiwan president before paying tribute to Lee Teng-hui
While not being designated as a special envoy for Japan or of Abe, Mori would "effectively act on behalf of the premier," a lawmaker from Abe's party said.
The Diet member leading the trip said Mori will not go as a special envoy of the government but will "effectively act on behalf of the premier."
