Japan to issue visa for ex-Taiwan Pres. Lee

Japan to issue visa for ex-Taiwan Pres. Lee

TOKYO, Japan - Japan has decided to issue a visa to former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui (file photo) by the end of the year, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda said Dec. 16. Hosoda said, ''Understanding that the visit is one for sightseeing with his family, the government is planning to issue a visa.''

  • Product Code
  • ILEA001106978
  • Registered date
  • 2004/12/16 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2004 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 1864 × 945 pixel
  • Resolution
  • dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 260.23(KB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos

    Japan OKs FY 2024 budget, defense spending reaches new high

    STORY: Japan OKs FY 2024 budget, defense spending reaches new high SHOOTING TIME: Earlier footage DATELINE: Dec. 24, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:48 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of cities in Japan 2. various of Japanese military exercises 3. various of Okinawa Self-Defense Force Military Base (taken on November 27 and 28, 2023) STORYLINE: The Japanese government on Friday adopted a draft budget of 112.07 trillion yen (about 787 billion U.S. dollars) for fiscal year 2024, with defense spending hitting an all-time high for the 10th straight year. The figure approved by the cabinet for the fiscal period from April 2024 to March 2025 marked the first drop in 12 years amid shrinking emergency funding related to COVID-19. The budget, although smaller than the record 114.38 trillion yen allocated for the current business year to March, is still the second-largest, underscoring the urgency for debt-ridden Japan to rein in spending and restore its fiscal health, national news agency Kyodo reported
      Reshuffle: Attal Could Be Named Prime Minister

      Reshuffle: Attal Could Be Named Prime Minister

      File photo - France's Secretary of State and Government's spokesperson Gabriel Attal leaves the Elysee palace at the end of the weekly Cabinet meeting in Paris, on April 20, 2022. - French National Education Minister Gabriel Attal could be named Prime Minister after Elisabeth Borne spoke with President Emmanuel Macron as a cabinet reshuffle appears imminent. At 34, he could become the youngest Prime Minister of the Fifth Republic. Photo by Christian Liewig/ABACAPRESS.COM
        Katsumi Tada

        Katsumi Tada

        TOKYO, Japan - The undated file photo shows Katsumi Tada, chairman of Daito Trust Construction Co. The photo was taken before the Sept. 15, 2006 annoucement that Tada would concurrently serve as president and chairman, starting in October that year. He doubled as president for a year. (Kyodo)
          Comedian Matsumoto marries, expects baby this year

          Comedian Matsumoto marries, expects baby this year

          TOKYO, Japan - Popular Japanese comedian Hitoshi Matsumoto (in this file photo), 45, married Rin Ihara, 26, a former weather forecaster, and she is expected to have a baby by the end of this year, his office Yoshimoto Kogyo said May 17. He published ''Isho'' (Farewell Note), a collection of essays, in 1994 and it became one of the bestsellers of the year. (Kyodo)
            S. Korean Pres. Lee meets with Emperor Akihito

            S. Korean Pres. Lee meets with Emperor Akihito

            TOKYO, Japan - South Korean President Lee Myung Bak (2nd from L in front) talks with Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on April 21. Lee's wife Kim Yoon Ok (2nd from R in front) talks with Empress Michiko (R). (Pool photo)(Kyodo)
              Ajinomoto Chairman Egashira dies at 70

              Ajinomoto Chairman Egashira dies at 70

              TOKYO, Japan - Kunio Egashira (file photo), chairman of Ajinomoto Co., Japan's largest seasoning maker, died of pancreatic cancer at a Tokyo hospital on April 7, his family said April 9. He was 70.
                Japan's oldest person Toyonaga dies at 113

                Japan's oldest person Toyonaga dies at 113

                TOKYO, Japan - Tsuneyo Toyonaga (file photo), who has been recognized as Japan's oldest person, died of natural causes in Nankoku, Kochi Prefecture, on Feb. 21. She was 113. She became the nation's oldest person in August last year when the then oldest person, Shitsu Nakano of Fukuoka Prefecture, died at the age of 113 years and seven months.
                  Film director Kon Ichikawa dies at 92

                  Film director Kon Ichikawa dies at 92

                  TOKYO, Japan - File photo, taken in October 1994, of film director Kon Ichikawa, who died of pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital on Feb. 13 at age 92, his family said. The photo was taken after Ichikawa received the award for cultural merit from the Japanese government in 1994
                    Fukuchi becomes new NHK head

                    Fukuchi becomes new NHK head

                    TOKYO, Japan - Former Asahi Breweries Ltd. adviser Shigeo Fukuchi (file photo) became president of public broadcaster NHK on Jan. 25. Fukuchi is the first head of NHK, officially called Japan Broadcasting Corp., hailing from the outside in about 20 years. He succeeded Genichi Hashimoto, who stepped down Jan. 24 to take responsibility for the insider stock trading scandal, for a three-year term.
                      Violinist Eto dies at 80

                      Violinist Eto dies at 80

                      TOKYO, Japan - Famed violinist Toshiya Eto (file photo taken in March, 1979) died at the age of 80, his family said on Jan. 22. The date and cause of his death have not been made available as of yet. Eto, a member of the Japan Art Academy, served as chief of Toho Gakuen School of Music.