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TAIWAN

BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 11, 2015
Mitsubishi UFJ to boost Taiwan staff as cross-strait trade grows
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. is seeking to expand its workforce in Taiwan as it pursues business from companies benefiting from increasing trade between the island and mainland China.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 3, 2015
Taiwan school textbook row highlights antipathy to 'one China'
Protests in Taiwan over textbook revisions that students say aim to brainwash them into accepting a "one China" view of history underscore the island's growing sense of independence from its vast neighbor and geopolitical foe.
COMMENTARY / Japan / THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK
Jul 30, 2015
Colonial management was never a 'charity'
While Japan's rule over Taiwan and the Korean Peninsula may have brought some benefits, colonization is never altruistic.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 23, 2015
Ex-Taiwan President Lee backs Abe's security bills
Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui said Thursday he supports Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's security bills aimed at expanding the Self-Defense Forces' operations overseas, calling it a step toward ensuring peace in Asia and the world.
JAPAN
Jul 23, 2015
January-June visitors from abroad rise to record 9.14 million
A record 9.14 million foreigners are estimated to have visited Japan from January to June this year, a 46 percent increase from the same period in 2014, as the country continued to attract tourists from China, Taiwan and elsewhere, government data showed Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jul 22, 2015
Russia eases Fukushima-related seafood ban; Taiwan mulls loosening embargo
Russia's farm ministry said it has partially lifted a ban on seafood imports from Japan imposed in the wake of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear crisis.
JAPAN
Jul 12, 2015
Japanese doctors arrive in Taiwan as fire death toll rises to five
Six Japanese medical specialists arrived Sunday in Taiwan to help treat burn victims in last month's explosion and fire at a water park as the death toll from the accident rose to five.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 10, 2015
Japanese doctors to arrive in Taiwan on Sunday to treat burn victims
A team of Japanese specialists are expected to arrive in Taiwan on Sunday to help treat burn victims from last month's explosion and fire at a water park, which killed three people and injured around 500, the island's health authorities said.
JAPAN
Jul 6, 2015
Japanese doctors offer help treat hundreds of burn victims in Taiwan
Japanese doctors and nurses are offering to help their Taiwanese counterparts care for victims of the fatal flash fire that killed two people and left around 500 injured — including more than 200 in critical condition — at a water park June 27, Kuomintang legislator Su Ching-chuan said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 3, 2015
Rising Sun emblem removed from Taiwan fighter jets after Tokyo protests
Rising Sun flag emblems on two of Taiwan's fighter jets, representing Japanese aircraft shot down during the war, have been removed before the aircraft go on display Saturday, following concerns raised by Tokyo's de facto mission.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jun 29, 2015
Curiosity is prizewinning researcher's driving force
The Japanese co-winner of the first Tang Prize in Biopharmaceutical Science last year said Monday that curiosity is the key driving force behind his success, an element he said is important in scientific research.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 24, 2015
China invites ex-Kuomintang soldiers in Taiwan to mark end of war against Japan
China will welcome former soldiers living in Taiwan who fought against Japan in World War II to take part in commemorations marking 70 years since the end of the conflict in Asia, state media said Wednesday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 17, 2015
Former Lions pitcher Kuo to manage Taiwan during Premier 12
Former Seibu Lions star pitcher Kuo Tai-yuan will manage Taiwan at the inaugural Premier 12 tournament in November, Kyodo News learned Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 14, 2015
China to drop entry permit requirement for Taiwan residents
China plans to drop the entry permit requirement for Taiwan residents visiting the mainland, the official Xinhua News Agency cited a senior Chinese politician as saying on Sunday.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 10, 2015
New twist in Hong Kong's democracy movement
Not only do many young people in Hong Kong no longer care about building democracy in China, they don't even care about China.
JAPAN
May 22, 2015
Iwate issues certificates of origin for food exports to Taiwan
The Iwate Prefectural Government has begun issuing certificates of origin for farm, fishery and processed food exports to comply with tougher rules adopted by Taiwan last week.
EDITORIALS
May 21, 2015
Stay out of Taiwan presidential race
Both the United States and China should refrain from trying to influence the upcoming Taiwan presidential race.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 11, 2015
Powerful typhoon brings needed rain to northeast Philippines; two people reported killed
Heavy rains and strong winds flattened houses in coastal areas as Typhoon Noul crashed into the northeastern tip of the Philippines, killing two people and prompting more than 3,000 residents to move to shelters.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Apr 17, 2015
China's incredible shrinking factories
Eight years ago, Pascal Lighting employed about 2,000 workers on a leafy campus in southern China. Today, the Taiwanese light manufacturer has winnowed its workforce to just 200 and leased most of its space to other companies: lamp workshops, a mobile phone-maker, a logistics group, a liquor brand.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Apr 15, 2015
Actor Daisuke Ryu indicted in Taiwan for assaulting immigration officer, fired from Scorsese film
An actor from Japan who came to Taiwan last month to shoot a movie was indicted Wednesday on charges of obstructing and assaulting an immigration officer, prosecutors said.
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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Traditional folk rituals like Mizudome-no-mai (dance to stop the rain) provide a sense of agency to a population that feels largely powerless in the face of the climate crisis.
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