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An exhibition has opened in Taiwan to celebrate the efforts made by people there to help victims of the earthquake and tsunami that struck the northeastern part of Japan in March 2011. The exhibit was arranged to enable Japanese manga artists to express their gratitude to the Taiwanese people.
Taipei, March 10 (CNA) The Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association opened an exhibition in Taipei on Wednesday to mark to the friendly bond between the two sides since the devastating Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011.
Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara meets president and her pet cat
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President Tsai Ing-wen meets Yoshitomo Nara at her official residence. (Image taken from facebook.com/tsaiingwen)
Taipei, March 8 (CNA) President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) on Monday said she and her pet cat met renowned Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara earlier in the day as she looked forward to his upcoming solo exhibition in Taipei. Cookie Tsai (蔡想想) and I have met Yoshitomo Nara at last! Tsai wrote on her Facebook page in Chinese.
Tsai praised the Yoshitomo Nara exhibition, which will open on March 12, as one of the most important events in the Taiwan-Japan Friendship Year.
Japanese unveil plaque in memory of disaster aid
Staff writer, with CNA
A group of Japanese residents yesterday unveiled a stone plaque in New Taipei City’s Tamsui District (淡水) in commemoration of Taiwan’s assistance following an earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan on March 11, 2011.
The plaque, funded by Japanese residents in Taiwan, is inscribed with Japanese and Chinese text that memorializes the “unprecedented” Great East Japan Earthquake and Taiwan’s aid in its aftermath.
“Now 10 years later, Japan still remember vividly the kindness Taiwan displayed back then,” the inscription reads. “We therefore decided to set up this plaque in Tamsui to express our eternal gratitude to Taiwan.”