President Lai Ching-te said Taiwan will reinforce cooperation with Japan in the drone, hydrogen energy and semiconductors industries.
Lai made the remarks while receiving Yuichiro Tamaki, a member of Japan’s House of Representatives, Feb. 24 at the Presidential Office in Taipei City. The president noted that, in addition to close collaboration on matters of trade, Taiwan intended to continue working with Japan to safeguard peace in the Indo-Pacific.
Tamaki responded with praise for Lai’s active promotion of bilateral ties and vowed to further advance the robust link between the two parties.
According to the PO, Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim met with a delegation from Japan earlier the same day, welcoming Tsuneo Kitamura, a member of the House of Councillors for Yamaguchi prefecture, and the region’s governor, Tsugumasa Muraoka. The vice president said that the late Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was from Yamaguchi, adding that the prefecture has long enjoyed friendly ties with Tainan, the city in southern Taiwan where Hsiao was raised.
Hsiao concluded her remarks by extending appreciation to Kitamura and Muraoka for facilitating culture, economy, education and trade exchanges, the PO added. (POC-E)
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