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Taiwan as a Key Partner and Friend: An Interview with Diplomat Ikeda Tadashi

  • Shiina Etsusaburō, Liberal Democratic Party vice president, visited Taiwan as a government envoy to explain Japan’s intentions on Sino-Japanese normalization. Protesting citizens surrounded Shiina’s vehicle in front of the airport in Taipei in September 1972. (© Jiji)

    Shiina Etsusaburō, Liberal Democratic Party vice president, visited Taiwan as a government envoy to explain Japan’s intentions on Sino-Japanese normalization. Protesting citizens surrounded Shiina’s vehicle in front of the airport in Taipei in September 1972. (© Jiji)

  • Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, at right, meets with the LDP’s Furuya Keiji in Taiwan in August 23. Furuya is a member of the House of Representatives and chairman of the Japan-ROC Diet Members’ Consultative Council. (Courtesy of the Office of the President, ROC)

    Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, at right, meets with the LDP’s Furuya Keiji in Taiwan in August 23. Furuya is a member of the House of Representatives and chairman of the Japan-ROC Diet Members’ Consultative Council. (Courtesy of the Office of the President, ROC)

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