Tanaka refuses to clarify reported promise over Taiwan's Lee

Tanaka refuses to clarify reported promise over Taiwan's Lee

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka responds to questions by a lawmaker at a House of Concillors Budget Committee session in the Diet in Tokyo on May 21. In the session, she refused to clarify whether she made a promise to Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan earlier this month that Japan will not issue any more entry visas to former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui.

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