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TAIWAN

JAPAN
Apr 14, 2015
Government calls Taiwan's food-labeling move 'regrettable'
The government on Tuesday called Taiwan's plan to tighten regulations on Japanese food imports because of fears of radioactive contamination "extremely regrettable."
BUSINESS
Apr 13, 2015
China rejects Taiwan's bid to become AIIB founding member
Taiwan is not able to become a founding member of the Beijing-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank but is still welcome to become an ordinary member in the future, the Chinese government said on Monday.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 30, 2015
Taiwanese writer Chou Chin-bo as war victim
Recently I was asked to translate into English a short story that the Taiwanese writer Chou Chin-bo wrote in Japanese back in 1941. I was happy with this request. I was born in Taipei in 1942, but ever since my family was forced out of the island upon Japan's defeat in the war, in 1945, I have never...
JAPAN
Mar 25, 2015
Taiwan recalls food products thought to have come from five blacklisted prefectures
Taiwanese health authorities have ordered a recall of all food products illegally imported from five Japanese prefectures affected by the 2011 earthquake and consequent nuclear disaster.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 10, 2015
Taiwan to mark WWII end, return of isle from Japanese rule with events
Taiwan will hold a military display in July to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, the island's government said Monday.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 7, 2015
Japan, Taiwan agree to modify landmark fishing pact off Senkakus
Tokyo and Taipei agree to amend a treaty covering fishing in waters off the Japan-administered and Taiwan-claimed Senkaku Islands.
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 4, 2015
Japanese geologist warns of coming tsunami to hit Taiwan
A Japanese geologist said Tuesday that a massive earthquake-generated tsunami originating in Japan and capable of affecting Taiwan is likely to occur every 1,000 years, a prediction likely to worry antinuclear activists who have been campaigning for the abolition of nuclear energy on the earthquake-prone...
BUSINESS
Mar 3, 2015
Taiwan, Japan to discuss fishing arrangements near Senkakus
A Taiwan-Japan joint fishery committee will meet in Tokyo this week to discuss fishing arrangements in waters off the Senkaku Islands.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 2, 2015
Taiwan activists threaten to land on Senkakus if Japan doesn't remove facilities
A Taiwan-based group of activists petitioned the Japanese government on Monday to dismantle facilities recently established on the Senkaku Islands.
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 27, 2015
Taiwan says it may fly military planes in civil airspace set by China
A ranking Taiwan transport official on Thursday reiterated opposition to China's planned corridors for commercial flights above the Taiwan Strait, suggesting the use of military planes for interception after the new airspace is implemented.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 10, 2015
Takarazuka Revue to make second Taiwan tour in August
The all-woman Takarazuka Revue will stage a series of performances in Taiwan in August, the troupe's second appearance before audiences there.
JAPAN
Feb 10, 2015
Tokyo Station to get a sister station in Taiwan
Tokyo Station will become this week a sister station of Hsinchu Station in northwestern Taiwan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 7, 2015
Taiwan uses Chinese shipping firm to transport items to Spratly port
Taiwan had to use a mainland Chinese shipper to get vital materials to a $100 million port it is building on a disputed island in the South China Sea last month after it couldn't find a local firm to do the job, Taiwanese officials said Friday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 4, 2015
At least 16 dead in Taipei plane crash
A TransAsia Airways plane with 58 passengers and crew on board crashed into a river shortly after taking off from a downtown Taipei airport on Wednesday, killing at least 16 people and leaving about a dozen missing, officials said.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Jan 30, 2015
One dead in accident on Scorsese's Japan Christians movie set
One person died and two were injured on Thursday when a ceiling collapsed on the set in Taiwan of Martin Scorsese's upcoming film "Silence," a spokeswoman for the production said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 28, 2015
Kyushu entrepreneur hoping to tap Taiwan's hunger for pancakes
A branch of the Kyushu Pancake Cafe opened in Taipei on Monday, as the Japanese business ventures into the highly competitive yet lucrative Taiwanese market.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 16, 2015
Taiwan lodges protest over China's new air routes
Taiwan filed an objection with the United Nations aviation agency over new commercial flight routes off China's southeastern coast that it said poses a safety risk to its planes.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 15, 2015
Japan lobbied for Taiwan to keep U.N. seat in 1971: declassified documents
The central government lobbied in support of Taiwan's bid to keep its seat at the United Nations ahead of the 1971 General Assembly, at which China became a member, according to Japanese diplomatic documents declassified on Thursday.
EDITORIALS
Dec 26, 2014
Occupy Central's spirit endures
The Occupy Central movement that shut down the heart of Hong Kong for 79 days over the demand for greater democracy in the Special Administrative Region is over. But the impulses that drove the movement have not disspated.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 24, 2014
Taiwan Navy gets first homemade 'carrier killer'
Taiwan's Navy on Tuesday accepted a prototype of the island's first self-developed stealth missile corvette, days after U.S. President Barack Obama signed into law a bill authorizing the sale of four Perry-class guided missile frigates to Taiwan.
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Yen melt-up nudges Japanese stocks into correction territory
Japanese stocks are down 10% from their July peak as the yen strengthens.
‘Crazy’ yen rally is at risk of shattering as soon as Wednesday
Some investors are warning that a yen rally is fragile, as was on show this week when the yen rapidly retraced an advance after Thursday’s stronger-than-expected U.S. economic growth figures.
Japan's average life expectancy rises for first time in three years
A decline in COVID-19-caused deaths likely helped boost the average life expectancy for Japanese men and women to rise for the first time in three years in 2023.
The Japanese Olympians looking to shine in Paris
Rim Nakamura, who is attempting to win Japan's first Olympic gold medal in cycling, will be one of the top Japanese athletes to watch at the Paris Games.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan eyes gold — and the future — as Olympic men's soccer campaign begins
Japan midfielder Yu Hirakawa controls the ball during a match against the United States in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 11.

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