Taiwan thanks Japan for "timely" donation of vaccine

Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen thanked Japan on Friday for supplying "timely assistance" in the form of 1.24 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine, as the self-ruled island struggles to procure shots.Tsai called Japan "a partner insisting on the same values of freedom and democracy" and said it has "given the democratic Taiwan more confidence in democracy."The free-of-charge shipment of the vaccine developed by Britain's AstraZeneca Plc touched down at Taoyuan International Airport at around 2 p.m. amid heavy rain brought by tropical storm Choi Wan.Taiwan's de facto ambassador to Japan, Frank …READ FULL ARTICLE