Ex-China Foreign Minister Tang visits museum of friendship

Ex-China Foreign Minister Tang visits museum of friendship

NAGASAKI, Japan - Former Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan (2nd from R) visits a museum dedicated to the friendship between Chinese revolutionary Sun Yat-sen and Shokichi Umeya, a Japanese businessman who supported him, in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on June 7, 2014.

Museum featuring Sun Yat-sen, Japanese supporter opens in Nagasaki

Museum featuring Sun Yat-sen, Japanese supporter opens in Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - Ayano Kosaka, a great granddaughter of Shokichi Umeya who supported the 1911 Chinese Revolution's spiritual leader Sun Yat-sen, speaks at a ceremony to open a museum exhibiting items related to the friendship between the two men, in the Japanese southwestern city of Nagasaki on April 26, 2014. The museum showcases exchanges between Shokichi Umeya (1868-1934), a Nagasaki businessman, and Sun (1866-1925) as well as historical background.

Descendant of Sun Yat-sen's major supporter to visit Taiwan

Descendant of Sun Yat-sen's major supporter to visit Taiwan

TOKYO, Japan - Ayano Kosaka (R), a great-granddaughter of Japanese businessman Shokichi Umeya, and Jin Pu-cong, secretary general of Taiwan's ruling Nationalist Party, pose for photos in Tokyo in September 2010. Jin invited the descendant of a major supporter of the Chinese Revolution's spiritual leader Sun Yat-sen to visit Taiwan in mid-December ahead of the centennial of the 1911 revolution.

Exhibition on Sun Yat-sen, Shokichi Umeya at Shanghai Expo

Exhibition on Sun Yat-sen, Shokichi Umeya at Shanghai Expo

SHANGHAI, China - Visitors look at an exhibition about Chinese revolutionary leader Sun Yat-sen and his Japanese supporter Shokichi Umeya at the Japan Pavilion of the Shanghai Expo in Shanghai, China, on Aug. 24, 2010.

Exhibition on Sun Yat-sen, Shokichi Umeya at Shanghai Expo

Exhibition on Sun Yat-sen, Shokichi Umeya at Shanghai Expo

SHANGHAI, China - Visitors look at an exhibition about Chinese revolutionary leader Sun Yat-sen and his Japanese supporter Shokichi Umeya at the Japan Pavilion of the Shanghai Expo in Shanghai, China, on Aug. 24, 2010. (Kyodo)

Descendant of Sun Yat-sen's major supporter to visit Taiwan

Descendant of Sun Yat-sen's major supporter to visit Taiwan

TOKYO, Japan - Ayano Kosaka (R), a great-granddaughter of Japanese businessman Shokichi Umeya, and Jin Pu-cong, secretary general of Taiwan's ruling Nationalist Party, pose for photos in Tokyo in September 2010. Jin invited the descendant of a major supporter of the Chinese Revolution's spiritual leader Sun Yat-sen to visit Taiwan in mid-December ahead of the centennial of the 1911 revolution. (Kyodo)