Japan, Taiwan sign 4 MOUs with eye to eventual FTA

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.

Taiwan, Japan sign 5 pacts

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.

Japan, Taiwan sign deal on fisheries near Senkakus

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.

Taiwan, Japan sign search and rescue MOU

Taiwan, Japan sign search and rescue MOU

Mitsuo Ohashi (R), chairman of the Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association, and Taiwan-Japan Relations Association President Chiou I-jen shake hands in Taipei on Dec. 20, 2017, after signing a memorandum of understanding to enhance cooperation over search and rescue at sea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Taiwan, Japan begin maritime cooperation talks in Taipei

Taiwan, Japan begin maritime cooperation talks in Taipei

Mitsuo Ohashi (R), chairman of the Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association, and Taiwan-Japan Relations Association President Chiou I-jen shake hands before the second maritime talks between Taiwan and Japan begin in Taipei on Dec. 19, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Taiwan, Japan hold trade talks in Taipei

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

Taiwan, Japan sign agreement on language exchange, product safety

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

Japan, Taiwan hold 1st round of maritime cooperation dialogue

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