Furuya, president of Nihuaken, praised TAIWAN PLUS for helping Japanese people understand Taiwan better – Politics

In his speech at the opening ceremony of TAIWAN PLUS, Keiji Furuya, president of the Forum of Japanese-Chinese Senators, said that TAIWAN PLUS is an event that allows the Japanese to fully understand Taiwan. (Photo by reporter Lin Cuiyi)

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17/09/2022 17:56

[Il Commissario Lin Cuiyi in Giappone/Segnalato da Tokyo il 17]The TAIWAN PLUS “Taiwan Auspicious Day” Festival of Life hosted by the Cultural Federation opened today in Ueno Park. The president of the “Japan-China Congressional Meeting” and the representative Keiji Furuya in his speech said that the epidemic situation The reception of the epidemic recorded a record of 7 million visits in a year. He also hopes that after the border reopens, Taiwan will set a new record of intensive daytime trading. He also stated that in October he will lead 20 congressmen to visit Taiwan to participate in National Day, to celebrate with the people of Taiwan.

The TAIWAN PLUS Taiwan Auspicious Day Life Festival, which has been missing for 3 years, is back on the scene. Today the scorching sun in Tokyo is in the sky. Despite the warm weather, hundreds of people are waiting to enter the venue before the market opens at 11am, which is unprecedented.

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The opening ceremony was performed by gongs and drums from the “Lei Sheng Chuanyi Troupe”, and the third prince and the Lion Dance Troupe warmed up on the same stage. Including Hsieh Changting, Ambassador of the Representative Office in Japan, Jiang Chuno, Vice President of the General Assembly, Keiji Furuya, Chairman of the Japan-China Senatorial Council, Senator Kentaro Asahi, Advisor to the Liberal Party Youth Office Democrat, Higuchi Takahian, the mayor of Daida Ward, Tokyo, and Japan-Taiwan Representative Council Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly chairman Xiaojiming and others took the stage to deliver speeches.

Furuya, who just visited Taiwan in August, once again said in Taiwanese that “Taiwan has a timeline and Japan has a timeline” in his speech, which received warm applause from the audience. He said his visit to Taiwan in August made him feel that in the face of the threat from China, Taiwan will not be able to do so. Its sense of crisis is even greater than that of Japan. He will bring 20 congressmen to visit Taiwan next month and is looking forward to meeting Taiwanese friends again.

He also pointed out that TAIWAN PLUS is an event that allows the Japanese to have a deeper understanding of Taiwan. In 2018, the number of attendees in the first session exceeded 100,000 and he also expects the number of attendees to be even greater. time.

Senator Kentaro Asahi, a former volleyball player, said in his speech that he went to Taiwan to attend a game 30 years ago. Akira Kojima, president of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly Japan-Taiwan Parliamentarians Union, said he studied at the National Taiwan University and was very familiar with Ojisan Obasan at the villa’s water spring market.

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike, who was unable to attend due to his overseas visit, also wrote an open letter to President Tsai Ing-wen, expressing his willingness to create a deeper and more fruitful friendly relationship with Taiwan and wishing Taiwan a prosperous national destiny.

After the opening ceremony, Furuya and Asahi visited various exhibition stands accompanied by Xie Changting. In the warm season, Furuya also took the initiative to invite Xie Changting to drink Taiwanese beer to cool off from the heat.