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Japan Says No Contact with Taiwan PM During Visit
Premier Cho Jung-tai's visit marked the first by a sitting Taiwanese premier to Japan since 1972, boosting Taiwan's morale after a 14-0 WBC win, officials said.
- On March 8, Premier Cho Jung-tai said he attended the March 7 WBC game in Tokyo and paid for the trip himself, in the first public visit by an incumbent premier since 1972.
- The visit came amid sensitive Taiwan-Japan informal visits post-1972, with ties strained after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's November remarks and China's countermeasures; precedents include William Lai's 2022 condolence and Cheng Wen-tsan's June 2023 trips.
- Many Taiwanese spectators noticed Cho at the venue and stood to shake his hand, and he left shortly after the top of the seventh inning of the March 7 game, which Taiwan won 14-0 under the mercy rule.
- Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Kuo Kuo-wen said he was surprised to learn of the premier's visit during a Tuesday meeting with Koichi Hagiuda and described it as a breakthrough in baseball diplomacy, while a Taiwanese Cabinet spokesperson and foreign ministries offered no comment.
- Contacts on both sides included Japan's National Diet and Frank Hsieh, Taiwan-Japan Relations Association chairman, with Cho set to cheer at Taipei Main Station for the game against South Korea at 11am amid slowed PLA activity since late February.
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Taiwan's premier visits Japan to watch WBC game
Taiwanese media outlets have reported that Premier Cho Jung-tai has visited Japan. Informed sources say it was the first known trip to Japan by a sitting Taiwan premier since the two sides severed diplomatic relations in 1972.
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