Japan, Taiwan laud friendship on 10th anniversary of 2011 quake
03/11/2021 08:33 PM
CNA photo March 11, 2021
Taipei, March 11 (CNA) Japan and Taiwan lauded their friendship on Thursday, the 10th anniversary of the devastating Great East Japan Earthquake.
On March 11, 2011, a magnitude-9 earthquake struck northeastern Japan, triggering a tsunami that claimed about 16,000 lives.
Following the disaster, Taiwan donated over US$240.04 million in aid, making it one of the largest providers of financial aid to the country.
Hiroyasu Izumi, chief of the Taipei office of the Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association (JTEA), thanked the Taiwanese people for their support after the disaster at a thanksgiving and memorial event held at the association.
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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
03/08/2021 08:30 PM
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.