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Taipei, Oct. 4 (CNA) Taiwan's government on Tuesday condemned North Korea for launching another missile over Japan earlier in the day, making it Pyongyang's fifth missile test in 10 days and the first to fly over Japan since 2017.
‘IRRESPONSIBLE’: Condemning the weapons test, Taiwan said that Pyongyang’s action breached UN Security Council regulations and undermines regional peace and stabilityAP, SEOUL
The Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association (JTEA) is prioritizing helping Taiwan gain entry into the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), Japanese Representative to Taiwan Hiroyasu Izumi said yesterday.
Joining the trade agreement would be important to “maintaining the status quo [in the Taiwan Strait] and ensuring Taiwan’s survival,” association head Izumi said at a forum organized by the Lee Teng-hui Foundation in Taipei to discuss Taiwan-Japan relations.
Izumi cited a discussion that former president Lee Teng-hui (李登輝) had with Japanese author Ryotaro Shiba, in which Lee told the writer that Taiwanese have a sadness that could only be resolved through developing
THE LEE EFFECT: Taiwanese have a strong sense of identity separate from China, which ‘will be important to protecting Taiwan’s sovereignty,’ the head of JTEA saidBy Chen Yu-fu and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writer