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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 31, 2018
Xi to open year of sensitive anniversaries for China with big speech on Taiwan
China will kick off a year of sensitive anniversaries with a major speech on Wednesday by President Xi Jinping on Taiwan, China's most sensitive issue.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 28, 2018
Majority of Japanese have favorable feelings toward Taiwan: poll
A majority of Japanese have a strong affinity for Taiwan and think bilateral relations will further develop, according to the results of a survey conducted by Taiwan's de facto embassy in Tokyo that was released Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 25, 2018
Taiwan and Japan to hold maritime cooperation talks in Tokyo this week
Taiwan and Japan are scheduled to hold a third round of talks in Tokyo this week to discuss maritime cooperation, including fishing near Okinotorishima island — regarded by Japan as its southernmost territory.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 19, 2018
Chinese bombers, fighter jets and warships drill in first military exercise near Taiwan in months
Taiwan's Defense Ministry has said that Chinese bombers, fighter jets and warships were spotted near the self-ruled island nation, the first such reported activity in several months.
BUSINESS
Dec 18, 2018
JR East's Atre to open first shopping mall outside Japan in Taiwan
East Japan Railway Co. will open the first overseas shopping mall of its station complex management arm Atre Co. in Taiwan next month to capitalize on its consumption-oriented lifestyle.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 2, 2018
Japan may take Taiwan's Fukushima food import ban to WTO
Japan may take Taiwan's import ban on food products from Fukushima and other prefectures affected by the 2011 nuclear disaster to the World Trade Organization, Foreign Minister Taro Kono said Sunday.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 27, 2018
Taiwan and Japan to hold trade talks in shadow of vote to keep post-Fukushima food ban
Taiwan and Japan will hold annual trade talks in Taipei this week, coming after a weekend referendum in the former that could have a negative impact on bilateral relations.
EDITORIALS
Nov 26, 2018
Tsai and the DPP get shellacked
There's no appetite on Taiwan for a real challenge to China and Japan must adjust its strategic calculations accordingly.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Nov 26, 2018
Taipei faces tension in ties with Tokyo after Taiwan passes 'political' referendum to maintain food ban
After voters in Taiwan approved Saturday a referendum to maintain a ban on food imports from five Japanese prefectures, imposed after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, concern is stirring about the impact of the result on bilateral relations.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 26, 2018
Taiwanese pro-China party's big win puts Tsai Ing-wen's future in doubt
Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwan's pro-independence leader, has just over a year to win back public support if she wants to avoid going down in history as the island's first one-term president.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 26, 2018
China heaps pressure on Taiwan president after election defeat, says 'radical thinking' led to loss
Chinese state media heaped pressure on Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Monday after her ruling pro-independence party suffered heavy defeats at local elections over the weekend, saying Beijing would seek cooperation with newly elected officials.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 25, 2018
In referendum, the Taiwanese vote to retain ban on food products from five Japanese prefectures
In a referendum, Taiwanese voters approve maintaining a ban on food products from five Japanese prefectures that was imposed after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 18, 2018
Pence says Taiwan's APEC envoy asked to start free trade talks
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said that Taiwan's representative at a regional summit spoke to him about a possible trade deal.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 13, 2018
Taiwan grandpa catches 'em all playing 'Pokemon Go' on 15 phones
Chen San-yuan turns heads as he cycles through a suburb of Taipei, Taiwan's capital.
JAPAN
Nov 10, 2018
Japanese business group decries Taiwan's continued ban on Japanese food imports in wake of 3/11
The Japanese business community in Taipei on Friday lamented over Taiwan's continued ban on food imports from five Japanese prefectures imposed in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 7, 2018
Japan falls to Taiwan in warm-up for MLB all-star series
Japan suffered a 6-5 loss against Taiwan in an international friendly Wednesday, two days before Samurai Japan takes on a team of major league all-stars.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 7, 2018
U.S. taxpayers count the cost of Foxconn's artful deal in Wisconsin
Whatever Americans were hoping for when they elected Donald Trump president in 2016, it's a fair bet that it didn't include shoveling billions of dollars of American taxpayer money to foreign companies to build white-elephant factories.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 6, 2018
Japanese manufacturer Nippon Sharyo to fix problem blamed in deadly train crash in Taiwan
Taiwan's rail authority said Monday that the Japanese manufacturer of a train that derailed two weeks ago, killing 18 people, has agreed to fix a problem that is at least partially blamed for the crash.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 2, 2018
Japanese maker of train in deadly Taiwan crash finds design flaw
The Japanese manufacturer of a train that derailed in Taiwan, killing 18 people, said it has discovered a design flaw that failed to alert the central control system that an automatic safety feature had been turned off.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 29, 2018
Military service is a hard sell for Taiwan's youth, despite tensions with China
Taiwan Air Force Staff Sgt. Jiang Pin-shiuan's pitch to freshmen at Taipei's Tamkang University seemed compelling: join the island's armed forces and get a state-sponsored degree, 110 days of leave each year and annual savings of 312,500 New Taiwan dollars ($10,200).

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