Japan lawmaker advancing ties with Taiwan to visit island next week

The chairman of a bipartisan group of Japanese lawmakers working to advance relations with Taiwan plans to visit the self-governed island next week, sources close to the matter said Tuesday.Keiji Furuya, head of the Japan-ROC Diet Members' Consultative Council, is expected to meet with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen and defense officials of the island, which calls itself the Republic of China, to reaffirm the ties during the three-day visit from next Monday.It marks Furuya's first visit to Taiwan since attending a memorial service for late Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui in September 2020, but…READ FULL ARTICLE