Taiwan News
Date: 2018/08/28
By: Central News Agency
Flooding in Pingtung County. (By Central News Agency)
President Tsai Ing-wen said Tuesday that she hopes Taiwan and Japan can work together to tackle issues related to extreme weather and resulting disasters.
Tsai put forward the suggestion during a meeting with a visiting delegation of Japanese parliamentarians that was led by Satoshi Nakanishi of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Councilors, according to a statement issued by the Presidential Office.
The office said Tsai spoke of the recent flooding in central and southern Taiwan, which was caused by days of rain from a lingering tropical depression, and she noted that Japan had been hit by similar natural disasters linked to climate change.
The two countries, therefore, should work together to tackle the problem of extreme weather caused by climate change, Tsai told the members of the Japanese Diet, according to the statement. [FULL STORY]