Japan hopes to deepen friendship with Taiwan under new presi

Japan hopes that its friendship with Taiwan will deepen further under the island's new President Lai Ching-te, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said Monday. Expressing Japan's congratulations on Lai's inauguration, the top government spokesman said that Taiwan, which shares fundamental values and maintains close economic relations and people-to-people exchanges, is…

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