US EditionLawmakers Urge Public to Buy Japanese Goods
DPP lawmakers call for increased purchases of Japanese seafood and agricultural products to counter Chinese sanctions and strengthen Taiwan-Japan economic ties, citing Japan as a key ally.
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Kaohsiung lawmakers push for support for Japan in China dispute
Taipei, Nov. 21 (CNA) Several Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmakers from Kaohsiung on Friday urged Taiwanese to support Japan by buying Japanese goods and traveling there amid China's angry reaction to comments by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi related to Taiwan.
On the 21st, Li Yi-yang, Taiwan's representative for the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Japan (equivalent to an ambassador to Japan), issued a statement calling for people to "support Japan by 'buying up' Japanese agricultural and marine products" in response to China's effective suspension of imports of Japanese seafood in reaction to Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's Diet response regarding a Taiwan emergency.
Dissatisfied with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's parliamentary response regarding a potential crisis in Taiwan, China has recently imposed a series of economic pressures on Japan, including travel warnings and a halt to seafood imports. Representative to Japan, Lee Yi-yang, stated today that Prime Minister Takaichi considers Taiwan's security as Japan's own security, and now that Japan is under economic pressure from China, he urged Ta…
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's comments on a possible Japanese intervention in the event of a conflict in Taiwan have greatly displeased China. Beijing responded by blocking the import of Japanese seafood, as in 2023, after Tokyo's decision to release the contaminated waters of Fukushima into the Pacific. But this time, this measure could announce others, fears the Japanese press.
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