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TSAI ING WEN

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 10, 2020
Taiwan scrambles armed jets as China Air Force fighters and bombers fly around island
Armed fighters belonging to the Taiwan Air Force on Sunday scrambled to intercept Chinese jets that flew around the island — claimed by Beijing as its own — in a move denounced by Taiwan's Defense Ministry as a threat to regional peace and stability.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 17, 2020
Tsai's challenges will intensify in her second term
The DPP victory in Taiwan's presidential election was just just a defeat for the opposition Kuomintang, but also for Beijing.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Jan 16, 2020
To deter China, refined 'porcupine strategy' may be more crucial to Taiwan than high-profile arms
In her first term, President Tsai Ing-wen secured more than $10 billion in high-profile U.S. weapons to defend Taiwan against China. Over the next four years, it may be more important to acquire less glamorous but nimbler weapons to prevent Beijing from considering an invasion.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Jan 13, 2020
No soul-searching for Xi Jinping after Taiwan rebuffs China in election
In a democracy, two resounding election defeats in a matter of months might prompt some soul-searching in the losing camp.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 13, 2020
Tsai's election victory set to bolster Taiwan's buoyant markets
A winning run for Taiwan's financial markets is set to be reinforced by Saturday's landslide election victory for President Tsai Ing-wen.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 6, 2020
Taiwan election is make or break for fleeing Hong Kong protesters
A small but growing number of Hong Kong protesters who fled to Taiwan for safety over the past few months fear an opposition victory in the island's election this week will put them in peril and force them to leave.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 25, 2019
Taiwan president urges more talks on contested China 'infiltration' bill
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen urged parliament on Wednesday to have more discussion on a proposed anti-infiltration bill that the government says is needed to combat Chinese influence and has been condemned by the main opposition and Beijing.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 25, 2019
China meddling allegations roil Taiwan election campaign
New allegations Beijing tried to infiltrate Taiwan's democracy roiled election campaigning on the island this weekend, with President Tsai Ing-wen's main opponent vowing to drop out if he had taken money from China's Communist Party.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 17, 2019
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen chooses running mate whom Beijing loathes
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen has named as her running mate for 2020 elections a former prime minister who last year angered Beijing so badly with his support for the island's formal independence that a major Chinese paper called for his arrest.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 4, 2019
In boost for Taiwan leader, China-friendly veteran James Soong set to run for Taiwan presidency
Tsai Ing-wen's chances of being re-elected as Taiwan's president received a boost as one of Taiwan's most senior China-friendly politicians appears set to enter the election, potentially sapping votes from the main opposition candidate.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Oct 26, 2019
Thousands gather on Taipei streets in East Asia's largest Pride march
More than 100,000 people thronged the streets of Taiwan's capital Taipei on Saturday for East Asia's largest Pride march, months after the self-ruled island began formally allowing same-sex marriage, the first place in Asia to do so.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 21, 2019
Solomon Islands minister signs pact to establish diplomatic ties with China
China and the Solomon Islands on Saturday signed an agreement to establish diplomatic ties after the Pacific island nation ditched relations with Taiwan, which Beijing claims as a Chinese province and seeks to cut off from the international community.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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