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Polls show TPP a one-man party

Huang Wei-ping 黃惟冰

A media organization recently published the results of an opinion poll regarding the candidates who are to run for Yilan County commissioner in the local elections on Nov. 26, with only 2 percent of respondents saying that they would vote for the Taiwan People’s Party’s (TPP) candidate. Even among respondents who identified with the TPP, only 2 percent said that they would cast their ballot for the party’s candidate.

In comparison, Yilan County Commissioner Lin Zi-miao (林姿妙) of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT), who is seeking re-election, garnered the support of 71 percent of respondents who identified with the TPP.

Lai visits Japan to pay respects to Abe

Taipei Times

A Japanese TV news image shows Vice President William Lai, second left, accompanied by Representative to Japan Frank Hsieh, left, in Tokyo yesterday.
Photo: screen grab from Twitter

Vice President William Lai (賴清德) yesterday became the most senior Taiwanese official to visit Japan in five decades when he traveled to Tokyo to offer condolences after the assassination of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe.

Tokyo broke official ties with Taipei in 1972 and established relations with Beijing.

‘Most respected Japanese leader’ mourned

Taipei Times

A man writes a message on a wall put up in front of the Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association’s Taipei office yesterday to commemorate former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated on Friday.
Photo: CNA

The All Japan Taiwanese Union yesterday expressed its condolences to Japan after former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated during an election campaign event in Nara, Japan, on Friday.

Abe won the respect of many international leaders, and Taiwanese regard him as “the most respected and amiable Japanese politician,” the group said in a statement.

Abe killing raises security concerns

Lin Han 林志翰

Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe was fatally shot while delivering a campaign speech in Nara, Japan, on the eve of the Japanese House of Councilors elections. The tragic news shocked the world. Abe, who had always been a strong supporter of Taiwan, gained much respect from Taiwanese, who grieve his passing.

Abe was born to a prominent political family. His maternal grandfather Nobusuke Kishi and his great-uncle Eisaku Sato had served as prime ministers, while his father, Shintaro Abe, was a foreign minister.

Shinzo Abe was himself a legendary figure in Japanese politics. When he first took office in 2006 at the age of 52, he was the first prime minister born after World War II and the youngest in the post-war era.

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