Japan's ruling LDP bigwig, Tsai agree on Taiwan Strait stability

The policy chief of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen agreed Saturday for Tokyo and Taipei to further work together to ensure peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait amid China's military pressure.Japan and Taiwan "share the same sense of crisis" on the cross-strait situation, and the two sides "affirmed to do what we can on our end," Koichi Hagiuda told reporters after their talks. The last visit to Taiwan by one of the top three LDP officials was in 2003.The two also expressed opposition to attempts to change the status quo by force, in a ve…READ FULL ARTICLE