Japan ruling party heavyweight Hagiuda to visit Taiwan, hopes to meet Lai

Japanese ruling Liberal Democratic Party heavyweight lawmaker Koichi Hagiuda will travel to Taiwan for three days from Sunday and is seeking a meeting with President Lai Ching-te, sources familiar with the matter said Thursday.The LDP's executive acting secretary general will accompany a group of municipal assembly members from his Tokyo constituency. The visit could further irk China amid a diplomatic flare-up following Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's remarks on a Taiwan contingency.Hagiuda is also serving as the secretary general of a cross-party parliamentary group promoting Jap…READ FULL ARTICLE