Japan says ties with Taiwan are ‘unofficial’ following row with China

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Japan’s relations with Taiwan are non-governmental and practical and are based on Tokyo’s recognition of China as the sole legitimate government&comma; a top Japanese official has said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The clarification follows protests by the government in Beijing over a recent reference to the island as a country by the Japanese prime minister&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As China flexes its muscles in the Taiwan Strait and the Asia-Pacific region&comma; the issue of Taiwan is a sensitive topic&comma; especially as Japan&comma; the US and other democracies develop closer ties with the self-ruled island that Beijing regards as a renegade territory to be united by force if necessary&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Chief cabinet secretary Katsunobu Kato told a regular news conference that &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Japan’s position is to maintain working relations with Taiwan at the non-government level”&comma; in line with the 1972 Japan-China Communique&comma; when Tokyo switched the diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads1--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;That’s our basic policy and there is no change to that&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Kato’s remark came a day after China protested against Japanese prime minister Yoshihide Suga’s reference to Taiwan as a country during a parliamentary debate on Wednesday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Suga&comma; while answering a question about pandemic measures&comma; made a passing reference to Taiwan&comma; New Zealand and Australia as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;three countries”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said the comment violated Japan’s &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;solemn promise to not regard Taiwan as a country”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We strongly deplore Japan’s erroneous remarks and have lodged solemn complaints with Japan&comma; demanding that Japan immediately make clear clarifications to eliminate the adverse effects caused by relevant remarks&comma; and to ensure that such situations will not happen again&comma;” Mr Wang said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On Friday&comma; Japan’s upper house of the parliament adopted a resolution calling on the World Health Organisation to include Taiwan in its general meetings&comma; saying its expertise on coronavirus measures is indispensable&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>China has so far blocked the move&comma; and has increased Taiwan’s diplomatic isolation&comma; leaving it with just over a dozen formal diplomatic allies&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Taiwan still operates a network of trade offices around the world that act as de-facto embassies&comma; including in the United States&comma; Japan and most other major nations&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;165394" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-165394" style&equals;"width&colon; 750px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;01&sol;OxfordVaccine&lowbar;301220&lowbar;1200x800&lowbar;AstraZenecaWebsite&period;jpg" alt&equals;"AstraZeneca Oxford Vaccine" width&equals;"750" height&equals;"500" class&equals;"size-full wp-image-165394" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-165394" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Japan has donated 1&period;24 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to Taiwan as it battles another outbreak<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Japanese foreign minister Toshimitsu Motegi carefully referred to Taiwan as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;a region” in his brief remarks&comma; 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