Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/10/18
By: Yang Ming-chu and Elizabeth Hsu

Tokyo, Oct. 18 (CNA) Japan Prime Minister Abe Shinzo on Friday tweeted his thanks to Taiwan for the sympathy expressed in the wake of a typhoon that killed about 80 people, injured hundreds and left thousands homeless last week.

Abe retweeted a message posted Oct. 13 by Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文), who expressed sympathy over the damage and loss of life caused by Typhoon Hagibis the previous day and said Taiwan stood ready to assist Japan.

In Abe's response, he tweeted in Chinese and Japanese that Taiwanese are old and valued friends.

"We are sparing no efforts on the rescue and restoration work," he said. "With the sympathy of our old Taiwanese friends, we feel that Taiwan is with us at the time. To us, Taiwan means important partners and friends sharing common basic values."    [FULL  STORY]