Honor guards wearing protective masks raise a Taiwanese flag at the National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei, Taiwan, on Wednesday, June 3, 2021. Taiwan’s ruling party said it plans to double a proposed increase in stimulus funding as the economy reels from tightening virus restrictions across the island. - Bloomberg
TOKYO, June 11 (China Daily/ANN): Japan's relations with Taiwan are nongovernmental and practical and are based on Tokyo's recognition of the People's Republic of China as the sole legitimate government, a top Japanese official said on Friday (June 11), following Beijing's protest over a recent reference to the island as "a country".
Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato told a regular news conference on Friday that "Japan's position is to maintain working relations with Taiwan at the nongovernment level", in line with the 1972 Japan-China Communique.
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