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Abe voices ‘utmost grief’ for war

Taipei Times

People in Tokyo yesterday watch Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on a screen as he gives a statement marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II.
Photo: Reuters

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe yesterday expressed “utmost grief” for the suffering Japan inflicted in World War II and vowed that Japan would never again use force to settle international disputes, but he said that future generations of Japanese should not have to keep apologizing for the mistakes of the past.

Taiwanese is the new ‘status quo’

Michael Hsiao 蕭新煌

During his visit to Japan last month, former president Lee Teng-hui (李登輝) gave a speech to Japanese lawmakers in Tokyo. The main thrust of Lee’s speech, entitled “The Paradigm Shift of Taiwan,” was to inform Japanese lawmakers that Taiwanese identity has undergone a significant transformation following the nation’s democratic reform. National identity has changed from a vaguely China-centric, ethnically Chinese concept to a localized, Taiwanese identity, Lee said.

Coast Guard rescues three from Chinese fishermen

Taipei Times

Coast guard officers yesterday escort crew members of a Chinese fishing vessel for questioning at the Coast Guard Administration Maritime Patrol headquarters in New Taipei City’s Tamsui after an operation boarding the Chinese fishing vessel No. 7666.
Photo: Huang Chieh, Taipei Times

Eight Chinese fishermen were apprehended and taken in for questioning yesterday after the Coast Guard Administration (CGA) mounted a commando-style operation to rescue three of its officers the fishermen had allegedly taken hostage in the Taiwan Strait.

The ghosts in James Soong’s closet

Taipei Times Editorial

The campaign video that the People First Party (PFP) released on the day Chairman James Soong (宋楚瑜) announced his presidential bid was focused on changing “mudslinging” into fodder for growth.

What the PFP and Soong should be aware of is that — in a departure from the 2012 election in which he was nothing close to a game changer and the Internet generation did not really care about what politicians did — this time around the party is facing a highly suspicious and historically conscious group of younger voters.

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