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Japan s deputy prime minister lauds ROC COVID-19 prevention work 01/30/2021 07:27 PM Taro Aso, Japan s deputy prime minister. Photo courtesy of Kyodo News Tokyo, Jan. 30 (CNA) Taro Aso, Japan s deputy prime minister, on Thursday praised the Republic of China (ROC, Taiwan s formal name) for its COVID-19 prevention efforts at a hearing held in the Japanese Diet. Although Japan has no diplomatic ties with Taiwan, the comments by Aso, who is considered by some to be pro-Taiwan, marked a rare mention of Taiwan as the ROC in public by a senior Japanese politician. When asked by opposition parliamentarian Yuko Mori from the Constitutional Democratic Party about the COVID-19 conditions in Taiwan, Aso, who is from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, said the ROC was determined to adopt lockdown-like measures as early as January 2020, when the disease had just started to spread worldwide.

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