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Exhibition on manga history held in Taiwan

The opening ceremony of an exhibition tracking the history of manga in Japan and Taiwan is held at the National Taiwan Museum of Comics in Taichung on Aug. 16, 2025. Over 300 items, including those related to Japanese manga legend Osamu Tezuka, are on display at the exhibition, co-hosted by Japan's Kyoto International Manga Museum, for a run through Oct. 12.

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Taiwan: Torrential Rains Cause Flooding Across Taichung, Disrupting Traffic

Heavy rain triggered by southwesterly winds caused flooding across Taichung starting Tuesday night, July 30, and continuing into the next day. Flooded roads disrupted traffic, and several schools were closed due to severe weather.

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Taiwan: Heavy Rain Causes Flooding in Shalu District, Taichung 2

Heavy rain from a low-pressure system caused flooding in Taichung’s Shalu District, urging drivers to proceed with caution.

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Taiwan: Heavy Rain Causes Flooding in Shalu District, Taichung

Heavy rain from a low-pressure system caused flooding in Taichung’s Shalu District, urging drivers to proceed with caution.

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Baseball: Yu Darvish

Japan's Yu Darvish reacts after not allowing Taiwan to score despite giving up a single hit to the first batter in the first inning of a 2008 Beijing Olympic baseball qualifying game at Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium in Taichung, Taiwan, on Dec. 3, 2007.

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Taiwan: Thunderstorms Strike Several Cities, Bringing Heavy Rain, Hail, and Lightning

Thunderstorms struck Taiwan on Tuesday, March 4, with heavy rainfall, hail, and a lightning threat across the island.

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Taiwan: Casualties Reported After Explosion At Taichung Department Store 5

An explosion ripped through Shin Kong Mitsukoshi department store in Taichung on Thursday, February 13, leaving at least five people dead, several injured.

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Taiwan: Casualties Reported After Explosion At Taichung Department Store 4

An explosion ripped through Shin Kong Mitsukoshi department store in Taichung on Thursday, February 13, leaving at least five people dead, several injured.

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Department store blast in Taiwan

Part of an exterior wall is seen ripped off on Feb. 13, 2025, at the Shin Kong Mitsukoshi department store in Taichung, Taiwan, where an explosion occurred due to a gas leak earlier in the day, leaving at least four people dead and over 20 others injured.

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Department store blast in Taiwan

Part of an exterior wall is seen ripped off on Feb. 13, 2025, at the Shin Kong Mitsukoshi department store in Taichung, Taiwan, where an explosion occurred due to a gas leak earlier in the day, leaving at least four people dead and over 20 others injured.

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Department store blast in Taiwan

Debris is seen scattered on Feb. 13, 2025, outside the Shin Kong Mitsukoshi department store in Taichung, Taiwan, where an explosion occurred due to a gas leak earlier in the day, leaving at least four people dead and over 20 others injured.

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Department store blast in Taiwan

Debris is seen scattered on Feb. 13, 2025, outside the Shin Kong Mitsukoshi department store in Taichung, Taiwan, where an explosion occurred due to a gas leak earlier in the day, leaving at least four people dead and over 20 others injured.

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Department store blast in Taiwan

Debris is seen scattered on Feb. 13, 2025, outside the Shin Kong Mitsukoshi department store in Taichung, Taiwan, where an explosion occurred due to a gas leak earlier in the day, leaving at least four people dead and over 20 others injured.

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Taiwan: Casualties Reported After Explosion At Taichung Department Store

An explosion ripped through Shin Kong Mitsukoshi department store in Taichung on Thursday, February 13, leaving at least one person dead, several injured.

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Taiwan: Casualties Reported After Explosion At Taichung Department Store 2

An explosion ripped through Shin Kong Mitsukoshi department store in Taichung on Thursday, February 13, leaving at least one person dead, several injured.

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Taiwan: Casualties Reported After Explosion At Taichung Department Store 3

An explosion ripped through Shin Kong Mitsukoshi department store in Taichung on Thursday, February 13, leaving at least four people dead, several injured.

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Taiwan: Fireworks To Celebrate 2025 Lunar New Year

Fireworks to celebrate the Lunar New Year were launched across Taiwan at midnight on January 29.

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Taiwan: Shoppers Rush To Supermarkets Ahead Of Typhoon Krathon 6

Residents rushed to supermarkets, and shelves were seen empty at stores across Taiwan as Typhoon Krathon is forecasted to make landfall on Thursday, October 3.

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Taiwan: Shoppers Rush To Supermarkets Ahead Of Typhoon Krathon 5

Residents rushed to supermarkets, and shelves were seen empty at stores across Taiwan as Typhoon Krathon is forecasted to make landfall on Wednesday, October 2.

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Taiwan: Multiple Dead After M7.4 Earthquake Strikes Off East Coast 12

As of writing, at least 9 people died and hundreds were injured after a strong earthquake struck off the coast of Taiwan, 18km south-southeast of Hualien City, on Wednesday morning, April 3. According to USGS, it was a magnitude 7.4 earthquake.

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A Brighter Summer Day

Dan Yao posing with a traditional dress in her one room flat, Taichung, Taiwan, 2019 Photo by Su Cassiano/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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A Brighter Summer Day

Dan Yao doing their make up routine at home in Taichung, Taiwan, 2019. Dan Yao lives in a one room apartment in Taichung, a big city on the west coast. They make jewelry and are a make up artist in their spare time. We first met in Miaoli, one of the most conservative region in Taiwan, as the city was holding its first gay pride. Photo by Su Cassiano/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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A Brighter Summer Day

Dan Yao wearing one of their favorite dress on their building’s rooftop in Taichung, Taiwan, in 2019. Dan Yao started to wear make up, dress and high heels at school. They feel lucky that they didn’t get bullied. They pretended to be super confident so no one would bother them. Instead, their classmates respected them and some got inspired by their courage to come out of the closet. Photo by Su Cassiano/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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A Brighter Summer Day

Dan Yao posing in a traditional dress in their one room apartment, Taichung, Taiwan, 2019 « I think I’m meant to break the rules, these gender roles. I hate people saying that boys should do this or women should wear that. These boxes are all made by us, humans, so humans can break these rules too! I still care a bit about what people think so I don’t want to look cheap. I want to look elegant, to be beautiful. I want people to think he/she/they is beautiful and I want them to forget if I am a boy or a girl. » Dan Yao Dan Yao lives in Taichung, a big city on the west coast. They make jewelry and are a make up artist in their spare time. They started to wear heels, dress and make up when they were still in school. Photo by Su Cassiano/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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A Brighter Summer Day

Chen and Dean chilling with their dogs on their day off, Taichung, Taiwan, 2019 ‘Once my parents asked me why I either seldom went home when I was off, or I only took man home. I told them, ‘This is it, he’s my partner. If you accept it, you will have one more son; if you don’t, you will lose two.’ In my opinion, homosexuality is normal, but they were probably worried about how society perceived us, or that it might affect my career. I told them that I was out since junior high school, and I was also out in the military. The officers even asked me to consult other gay people, they thought I knew better than them; they asked me to bridge.’ Chen Chen (left) and Dean met each other on Facebook through friends of friends. They opened a tea shop that they built and run together in Taichung. They also own a mobile phone shop in the same building, and have their bedroom on the top floor. They got married on the 18th May, the day after same sex marriage got legalized in Taiwan. It got a lot of attention from the med

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A Brighter Summer Day

Chen posing in his bedroom with his dog and stuffed toys in Taichung, Taiwan, 2019 Photo by Su Cassiano/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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A Brighter Summer Day

Maggie and Ching Yun in their bedroom, New Taipei City, Taiwan, 2019 ‘Those days when you were crying are not the doomsday. You have to believe you can live the way you like, can be in a healthy relationship. Thank you very much for your courage.’ Maggie Maggie (right) and Ching Yun have been together for two years, and moved together almost right after they met. Maggie works in the movie industry and is from Taichung. She had a girlfriend there and her family was shocked about it. Everybody got hurt. So Maggie left for Taipei, the big city, to be able to be herself. There’s a big gap between the Taipei bubble and other cities in Taiwan. She’s still in contact with her family but they never talked about her sexual orientation again. Even if Ching Yun looks boyish, her family still expects her to marry a man. They think her and Maggie are flatmates. Her mother doesn’t know but during the referendum about same sex marriage Chin Yun tried to persuade her to vote yes. She’s been waiting for the right timing to co

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Presidential election in Taiwan

Taiwan presidential candidate Hou Yu-ih of the main opposition Nationalist Party shakes hands with a supporter at a market in Taichung on Jan. 12, 2024, on the eve of the election.

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Presidential election in Taiwan

Taiwan presidential candidate Hou Yu-ih (C) of the main opposition Nationalist Party waves to supporters at a market in Taichung on Jan. 12, 2024, on the eve of the election.

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Presidential election in Taiwan

Taiwan presidential candidate Hou Yu-ih (2nd from L) of the main opposition Nationalist Party receives vegetable from a supporter at a market in Taichung on Jan. 12, 2024, on the eve of the election.

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Taiwan's Ma supports KMT's Hu in Taichung mayoral poll

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou (C) shows his support for Jason Hu (L), mayor of Taichung City and a candidate in the Nov. 29 mayoral election, at an event to celebrate the 120th anniversary of founding of the Nationalist Party (KMT) in the central Taiwanese city on Nov. 23, 2014.

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Taiwan President Ma

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou delivers a speech in Taichung, central Taiwan, on May 20, 2014, to mark the third anniversary of the inauguration of his second four-year term.

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Taiwan presidential election

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou (front L) and his running mate Premier Wu Den-yih (front R) wave the territory's flag as their nominations were approved for an upcoming presidential election during the National Congress of their Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) in Greater Taichung in central Taiwan on July 2, 2011.

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Taiwan, China set stage for partial FTA

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - Chiang Pin-kung (R), Taiwan's top envoy to China, and his Chinese counterpart Chen Yunlin shake hands after exchanging a document containing three trade accords in Taichung, Taiwan, on Dec. 22, 2009. Chiang, who heads the Straits Exchange Foundation, and Chen, who heads the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, reached the agreements setting the stage for a landmark partial free trade pact.

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Taiwan, China set stage for partial FTA

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - Chiang Pin-kung (R), Taiwan's top envoy to China, and his Chinese counterpart Chen Yunlin raise their glasses after exchanging a document containing three trade accords in Taichung, Taiwan, on Dec. 22, 2009. Chiang, who heads the Straits Exchange Foundation, and Chen, who heads the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, reached the agreements setting the stage for a landmark partial free trade pact.

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Taiwan, China set stage for partial FTA

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - Chiang Pin-kung (C, R), Taiwan's top envoy to China, and his Chinese counterpart Chen Yunlin shake hands after exchanging a document containing three trade accords in Taichung, Taiwan, on Dec. 22, 2009. Chiang, who heads the Straits Exchange Foundation, and Chen, who heads the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, reached the agreements setting the stage for a landmark partial free trade pact.

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Taiwan, China set stage for partial free trade agreement

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - Chiang Pin-kung, Taiwan's top envoy to China and the head of Taipei's Straits Exchange Foundation, attend talks on Taiwan-China economic cooperation on Dec. 22, 2009, in Taichung, Taiwan. Chiang held talks with his Chinese counterpart Chen Yunlin as part of a new round of negotiations that have set the stage for a partial free trade agreement between the two sides.

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Taiwan, China set stage for partial free trade agreement

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - Chen Yunlin, China's top envoy to Taiwan and the head of Beijing's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, attend talks on Taiwan-China economic cooperation on Dec. 22, 2009, in Taichung, Taiwan. Chen held talks with his Taiwanese counterpart, Chiang Pin-kung, as part of a new round of negotiations that have set the stage for a partial free trade agreement between the two sides.

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Taiwan, China set stage for partial free trade agreement

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - Chiang Pin-kung (L), the head of Taipei's Straits Exchange Foundation, welcomes China's Chen Yunlin, the head of Beijing's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits in Taichung, Taiwan, ahead of their talks on economic cooperation.

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Taiwan, China top envoys meet

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - Chiang Pin-kung (R), Taiwan's top envoy to China and the head of Taipei's Straits Exchange Foundation, and Chen Yunlin, China's top envoy to Taiwan and the head of Beijing's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, shake hands during a meeting on economic cooperation on Dec. 22, 2009, in Taichung, Taiwan.

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Taichung tense as China trade envoy arrives

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - Supporters of Taiwan's main opposition Democratic Progressive Party protest near the venue for Taiwan-China trade talks in Taichung on Dec. 21, 2009. One of the demonstrators is wearing a T-shirt that reads ''Taiwan Independence.''

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Taichung tense as China trade envoy arrives

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - Officers secure a road near the venue for Taiwan-China trade talks in Taichung on Dec. 21, 2009. Chen Yunlin, China's top trade envoy who heads the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, arrived in the city the same day.

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China trade envoy arrives in Taiwan

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - Chen Yunlin (C, R), head of the Chinese Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, shakes hands with Chiang Pin-kung (L), head of the Straits Exchange Foundation of Taiwan, during a ceremony in Taichung on Dec. 21, 2009. Chen arrived in the city for bilateral trade talks.

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Taichung tense on China trade envoy's arrival

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - A supporter of the Taiwanese main opposition Democratic Progressive Party is taken into an ambulance after becoming unconscious in a tussle with riot police near the venue of planned talks on Taiwan-China trade in Taichung on Dec. 21, 2009. Chen Yunlin, China's top trade envoy arrived in the city the same day.

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China trade envoy arrives in Taiwan

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - Chen Yunlin (R), head of the Chinese Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, speaks during a ceremony after arriving in Taichung on Dec. 21, 2009, for bilateral trade talks with Chiang Pin-kung (L), head of the Straits Exchange Foundation of Taiwan.

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Taiwan protesters take to streets ahead of talks with China

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - Protesters march through Taichung on Taiwan's west coast on Dec. 20, 2009, with one carrying a photograph of Taiwan's first president Chiang Kai-shek, ahead of high-level trade negotiations between the administration of Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou and China.

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Taiwan protesters take to streets ahead of talks with China

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - Tsai Ing-wen (front, 4th from L), who chairs the main opposition Democratic Progressive Party, raises her fist as thousands of protesters led by Taiwan's opposition camp march through Taichung on Taiwan's west coast on Dec. 20, 2009, ahead of high-level trade negotiations between the administration of Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou and China.

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Japan beats Taiwan, secures spot in Beijing Olympics

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - Japanese national team manager Senichi Hoshino (R) and his players acknowledge fans on Dec. 3 after Japan secured a spot in the baseball tournament of next year's Beijing Olympic Games with a 10-2 win over Taiwan in the Asian Championship.

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Japan beats Taiwan, secures spot in Beijing Olympics

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - Japanese national team manager Senichi Hoshino is tossed into the air on Dec. 3 after Japan secured a spot in the baseball tournament of next year's Beijing Olympic Games with a 10-2 win over Taiwan in the Asian Championship.

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Japan beats Taiwan, secures spot in Beijing Olympics

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - Members of the Japanese national team pose for a photo on Dec. 3 after Japan secured a spot in the baseball tournament of next year's Beijing Olympic Games with a 10-2 win over Taiwan in the Asian Championship.