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Japan: Typhoon Nakri Brings Strong Winds to Southern Izu Islands

Typhoon Nakri made its closest approach to the southern Izu Islands on Monday morning, October 13, bringing heavy rain and strong winds.

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US: Unoccupied Homes in Buxton, NC Collapse Amid Rough Seas From Offshore Hurricanes 2

On Tuesday, September 30, at least five unoccupied oceanfront homes in Buxton, North Carolina, collapsed into the Atlantic due to rough surf driven by offshore hurricanes Humberto and Imelda. Another home fell the following morning, bringing the total to six this week and 18 on Hatteras Island since 2020. No injuries were reported, but authorities closed parts of Cape Hatteras National Seashore due to dangerous debris.

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Japan, Taiwan sign 4 MOUs with eye to eventual FTA

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Mitsuo Ohashi (L), chairman of the Japan Interchange Association, and Lee Chia-chin, chairman of Taiwan's East Asian Relations Commission, shake hands at a hotel in Taipei on Nov. 20, 2014, after signing four memoranda of understanding. The signing of the four documents is expected to move one more step toward a full-fledged free trade agreement.

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Japan media photos of 2011 disaster shown in Taipei

TAIPEI, Taiwan - People look at a Kahoku Shimpo newspaper photo of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster that struck northeastern Japan, on display in Taipei on April 10, 2014. About 90 photos of the disaster and its aftermath are being shown at Japan's Interchange Association -- its de facto embassy in Taipei in the absence of formal diplomatic relations -- until April 17.

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Japan media photos of 2011 disaster shown in Taipei

TAIPEI, Taiwan - People look at a Fukushima Minyu Shimbun newspaper photo of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster that struck northeastern Japan, on display in Taipei on April 10, 2014. About 90 photos of the disaster and its aftermath are being shown at Japan's Interchange Association -- its de facto embassy in Taipei in the absence of formal diplomatic relations -- until April 17.

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Japan media photos of 2011 disaster shown in Taipei

TAIPEI, Taiwan - People view a Tokyo Shimbun newspaper photo of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster that struck Japan, on display in Taipei on April 10, 2014. About 90 photos of the disaster and its aftermath are being shown at Japan's Interchange Association -- its de facto embassy in Taipei in the absence of formal diplomatic relations -- until April 17.

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Japan media photos of 2011 disaster shown in Taipei

TAIPEI, Taiwan - People look at a Daily Tohoku Shimbun newspaper photo of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster that struck northeastern Japan, on display in Taipei on April 10, 2014. About 90 photos of the disaster and its aftermath are being shown at Japan's Interchange Association -- its de facto embassy in Taipei in the absence of formal diplomatic relations -- until April 17.

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Japan media photos of 2011 disaster shown in Taipei

TAIPEI, Taiwan - People look at an Iwate Nippo newspaper photo of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster that struck northeastern Japan, on display in Taipei on April 10, 2014. About 90 photos of the disaster and its aftermath are being shown at Japan's Interchange Association -- its de facto embassy in Taipei in the absence of formal diplomatic relations -- until April 17.

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Taiwan, Japan sign 5 pacts

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Mitsuo Ohashi (L), chairman of the Japan Interchange Association, and Lee Chia-chin, chairman of Taiwan's East Asian Relations Commission, shake hands during a signing ceremony for five mostly trade-related pacts between Japan and Taiwan at a hotel in Taipei on Nov. 5, 2013.

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Japan, Taiwan sign deal on fisheries near Senkakus

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Photo taken in Taipei on April 10, 2013, shows Japan's Interchange Association Chairman Mitsuo Ohashi (L) and Taiwan's Association of East Asian Relations Chairman Liao Liou-yi shaking hands after signing a bilateral fisheries agreement allowing Taiwanese fishing trawlers to operate in part of Japan's exclusive economic zone near the disputed Japanese-administered Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, known as the Tiaoyutai Islands in Taiwan and the Diaoyu Islands in China.

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Taiwan, Japan officials meet

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Tadashi Imai (L), president of the Interchange Association, Japan's de facto mission, and Taiwan Foreign Minister Timothy Yang shake hands in Taipei on Sept. 25, 2012. In their talks Japan and Taiwan failed to reach agreement on when to reopen talks on fishing in contested waters in the East China Sea

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Japan's de facto embassy in Taiwan vandalized

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Workers clean a stone sign in front of the Interchange Association, Japan's de facto embassy in Taiwan, in Taipei on Sept. 1, 2012, after the sign was vandalized. Chinese characters were painted on it reading "the memorial monument of comfort women."

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Taiwan donates to Japan over disaster

TOKYO, Japan - Taiwan Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng (L) hands a list of donations for disaster relief to Reijiro Hattori, head of the Interchange Association, Japan, in Tokyo on April 21, 2011. Taiwan is by far the biggest donor to Japan since the March 11 quake and tsunami, with the island's public and private sectors contributing more than NT$5 billion (US$171.7 million) in cash and more than 563 tons of material aid to Japan.

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Taiwan, Japan sign agreement linking airports

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Reijiro Hattori (L), director of Japan's Interchange Association, and Peng Run-tzu, director of Taiwan's Association for East Asian Relations, shake hands at a hotel in Taipei on Dec. 11, 2009, after signing agreements to link up Taipei's Songshan airport and Tokyo's Haneda airport with four daily flights next year.

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Ex-sex slaves from Taiwan demand compensation from Japan

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Five Taiwanese women forced into Japanese military brothels during World War II stage a protest April 29 with their supporters in front of Japan's unofficial mission in Taiwan, the Interchange Association's Taipei Office, to demand for compensation from the Japanese government.

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Ceremony held to mark new name of Japan's de facto embassy in Taiwan

Japan's de facto ambassador to Taiwan Mikio Numata (3rd from R) and his Taiwanese counterpart, Association of East Asian Relations President Chiou I-jen (3rd from L), pose for photos during a plaque revealing ceremony on Jan. 3, 2017. Japan changed the name of its de facto diplomatic mission in Taiwan from the Interchange Association to the Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Taiwan, Japan hold trade talks in Taipei

Mitsuo Ohashi (standing), chairman of Japan's Interchange Association, delivers his opening address at the 41st round of the Taiwan-Japan trade talks that began at the Ambassador Hotel in Taipei on Nov. 29, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Taiwan, Japan sign agreement on language exchange, product safety

Chiou I-jen (L), president of Taiwan's Association of East Asian Relations, shakes hands with his Japanese counterpart, Mitsuo Ohashi, chairman of the Japan Interchange Association, at the Ambassador Hotel in Taipei on Nov. 30, 2016, after signing two memoranda of understanding on language education cooperation and consumer product safety. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Taiwan donates to Japan over disaster

TOKYO, Japan - Taiwan Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng (L) hands a list of donations for disaster relief to Reijiro Hattori, head of the Interchange Association, Japan, in Tokyo on April 21, 2011. Taiwan is by far the biggest donor to Japan since the March 11 quake and tsunami, with the island's public and private sectors contributing more than NT$5 billion (US$171.7 million) in cash and more than 563 tons of material aid to Japan. (Kyodo)

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New name of Japan's de facto embassy in Taiwan

A plaque detailing the new name of Japan's de facto diplomatic establishment in Taiwan stands outside its office in Taipei on Jan. 3, 2017. The establishment, formerly known as the Interchange Association, is now called the Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, Taiwan hold 1st round of maritime cooperation dialogue

Mitsuo Ohashi (R) of Japan's Interchange Association, the body in charge of ties with Taiwan, and his Taiwanese counterpart Chiou I-jen, chairman of the Association of East Asian Relations, shake hands at a hotel in Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2016, before talks on maritime cooperation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Taiwan, Japan sign agreement linking airports

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Reijiro Hattori (L), director of Japan's Interchange Association, and Peng Run-tzu, director of Taiwan's Association for East Asian Relations, shake hands at a hotel in Taipei on Dec. 11, 2009, after signing agreements to link up Taipei's Songshan airport and Tokyo's Haneda airport with four daily flights next year. (Kyodo)

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Ex-sex slaves from Taiwan demand compensation from Japan

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Five Taiwanese women forced into Japanese military brothels during World War II stage a protest April 29 with their supporters in front of Japan's unofficial mission in Taiwan, the Interchange Association's Taipei Office, to demand for compensation from the Japanese government.