Xie Changting (right), the representative to Japan, expressed his gratitude to Keiji Furuya (left), the chairman of Nippon Huaken, who led a delegation to pay attention to the earthquake disaster in Taiwan.

(Photo by reporter Lin Cuiyi)

[Commissioner Lin Cuiyi in Japan/Reported by Tokyo on the 21st] Seven members of Congress, including Keiji Furuya, the chairman of the Japan-China Congressional Meeting, visited my representative office in Japan today. They expressed their condolences to the representative to Japan, Hsieh Chang-ting, for the strong earthquake that occurred in eastern Taiwan a few days ago.

Furuya said that as long as Taiwan needs any support, Japan will not hesitate to help immediately.

In addition, on the 8th of next month, he will lead a delegation to participate in Taiwan's Double Tenth Festival. Furuya said that this visit to Taiwan intends to visit Yilan County. He hopes to see Japan's Yonaguni Island from Yilan. Yonaguni Island is very close to Taiwan. What happens in Taiwan means what happens in Japan.”

In addition, regarding the fact that Taiwan sent a delegation to attend the state funeral of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, China strongly rebounded. Furuya said that this was within the expected range, and it did not start today. It is not surprising that China often rebounds.

He also mentioned that Taiwan's delegation this time took into account the balance of the ruling and opposition parties, including Wang Jinping, Su Jiaquan and Xie Changting, as well as President Lee Teng-hui's daughter (Li Annie), which made him very grateful.

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This afternoon, Furuya led the Liberal Democratic Party Representative Kihara Minoru, the Cadets Representative Yasuko Komiyayama, the Japan Restoration Council Senator Ishii Akira, the Komei Party Senator Wakamatsu Kenwei, the National Democratic Party Senator Haruno Kazu, and the Aspiring Council Representative Renmu Bowen visited the representative office and expressed his condolences.

In an interview after the meeting, Furuya said that both Taiwan and Japan are countries with frequent earthquakes, so today I came to express my condolences. Fortunately, the victims of this earthquake were relatively light, but there were still road interruptions and train derailment disasters. Japan The Chief Cabinet Secretary also said at the press conference that Japan is ready to support.

Furuya said that in the 921 earthquake more than 20 years ago, Japan provided the Tokyo Fire Department's life detector. In fact, Japan had not used this kind of equipment before. The first use was in Taiwan, and it played a great role. Disaster relief has been done properly, but if necessary, the Japanese side will immediately rush to help without hesitation.

On behalf of Taiwan, Hsieh Chang-ting expressed his gratitude to the visiting parliamentarians, and conveyed what President Tsai Ing-wen said that the emergency rescue operation has come to an end temporarily, and now it is necessary to fully carry out reconstruction and rehabilitation.

He also told the lawmakers that the Taiwan government's energy should be able to handle it, and there is currently no need for support.

During an interview after the meeting, Guwu was asked about his visit to Taiwan. He said that he also planned to visit places in Taiwan this time, such as visiting Yilan County, the hometown of Legislative President You Xikun. He heard that when the weather is fine, you can see clearly from Yilan On Yonaguni Island, Furuya said he has seen Taiwan from Yonaguni Island several times, but he has never seen Yonaguni Island from Taiwan.

After all, Yonaguni Island is very close to Taiwan, so you can actually feel that "if there is something in Taiwan, there is something in Japan."

During his visit to Taiwan, Furuya was also invited to give a speech at the Yushan Forum. In a recent interview with US President Biden, he mentioned that if Taiwan is attacked like never before, the US will send troops to defend it.

Furuya said that he is also scheduled to mention this in his speech. He also said that when it comes to unprecedented, China's military pressure is unprecedented. China's proposition is contradictory. How can it attack its own country? Makes no sense.

Seven members of Congress including Keiji Furuya (4th from the right), chairman of the Japan-China Congressional Meeting, visited the Taiwan Representative Office in Japan today, and expressed their condolences to the representative to Japan, Hsieh Chang-ting (4th from the left), on the earthquake in eastern Taiwan.

(Provided by the representative office in Japan)

In an interview after the meeting, Keiji Furuya, chairman of the Nippon-China Congressional Conference, said that he plans to visit Yilan County and look at Yonaguni Island from Yilan.

(Photo by reporter Lin Cuiyi)