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Ex-Taiwan Pres. Ma heads for China

Former Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou (C) waves at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport in Taoyuan, just west of Taipei, as he heads for China on April 1, 2024.

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Ex-Taiwan Pres. Ma heads for China

Former Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou (C) speaks to reporters at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport in Taoyuan, just west of Taipei, on April 1, 2024, before he heads for China.

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Ex-Taiwan President Lee returns home after weeklong Japan trip

OSAKA, Japan - Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui waves just prior to leaving Kansai International Airport near Osaka on Jan. 2 after wrapping up a weeklong trip to Japan.

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Ex-Taiwan President Lee wraps up Japan trip

KYOTO, Japan - Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui offers flowers at the tomb of the late Japanese author Ryotaro Shiba in Kyoto's Higashi Ward on Jan. 2 before wrapping up his weeklong visit to Japan.

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Ex-Taiwan President Lee pays New Year's visit to temple in Shiga

SHIGA, Japan - Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui speaks to Taiwan media during his new year's visit to Doganji Temple in the town of Takatsuki, Shiga Prefecture, on Jan. 1. Lee and his family will return home on Jan. 2 after a weeklong tour in Japan.

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Ex-Taiwan President Lee meets his ex-university professor

KYOTO, Japan - Ex-Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui (R) talks with one of his former university professors, Yuken Kashiwa, a 97-year-old professor emeritus at Kyoto University, at Kashiwa's home in Kyoto's Sakyo Ward on Dec. 31. Lee met Kashiwa for the first time in 61 years. Lee and his family are on a weeklong visit to Japan.

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(2)Ex-Taiwan Pres. Lee enjoys Japan tour

NAGOYA, Japan - Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui (L) look at exhibits at the museum commemorating late philosopher Kitaro Nishida in the city of Kahoku, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 30.

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(1)Ex-Taiwan Pres. Lee enjoys Japan tour

NAGOYA, Japan - Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui (2nd from L) and his wife Tseng Wen-hui (L) visit the grave of late philosopher Kitaro Nishida in the city of Kahoku, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 30. Lee and his family are in Japan on a weeklong visit to Japan.

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(2) Ex-Taiwan leader Lee visits Kanazawa on 3rd day of visit

KANAZAWA, Japan - Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui and his wife Tseng Wen-hui listen to a Japanese guide during their visit to the Kenrokuen Gardens in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture on Dec. 29.

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(1)Ex-Taiwan leader Lee visits Kanazawa on 3rd day of visit

KANAZAWA, Japan - Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui (2nd from R) and his wife Tseng Wen-hui (2nd from L) learn how to make pottery from Ohi Chozaemon (L), a 77-year-old ceramic artist, during their visit to the city of Kanazawa in Ishikawa Prefecture on Dec. 29.

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(2)Ex-Taiwan President Lee enjoys Nagoya tour

NAGOYA, Japan - Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui and his wife Tseng Wen-hui pose for photos after visiting Nagoya Castle in Nagoya on Dec. 28. Lee arrived in Nagoya on Dec. 27 for a weeklong trip to central and western Japan.

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Ex-Taiwan President Lee enjoys Nagoya tour

NAGOYA, Japan - Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui and his wife Tseng Wen-hui are surrounded by security officials as they take a walk in the compound of Nagoya Castle in Nagoya on Dec. 28. Lee arrived in Nagoya on Dec. 27 for a weeklong trip to central and western Japan.

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(3)Ex-Taiwan Pres. Lee arrives in Japan on private trip

NAGOYA, Japan - Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui (C), together with his wife (R), arrives at Nagoya airport in central Japan on Dec. 27 on a private tour.

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(2)Ex-Taiwan Pres. Lee arrives in Japan on private trip

NAGOYA, Japan - Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui waves as he arrives at Nagoya airport in central Japan on Dec. 27 on a private tour.

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(4)Ex-Taiwan Pres. Lee arrives in Japan on private trip

NAGOYA, Japan - Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui waves as he arrives at Nagoya airport in central Japan on Dec. 27 on a private tour.

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(1)Ex-Taiwan Pres. Lee arrives in Japan on private trip

NAGOYA, Japan - Well-wishers gather at Nagoya airport in central Japan on Dec. 27 to welcome former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui who will arrive at the airport for a private visit.

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Ex-Taiwan high school players sing before coach's cenotaph

MATSUYAMA, Japan - Former baseball players of Taiwan's Kagi Norin High School sing its school song during an unveiling ceremony for a cenotaph built in honor of their coach Hyotaro Kondo in Matsuyama, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 6, 2014. Kondo led the school to a runner-up in Japan's national high school baseball tournament in 1936 during the Japanese colonial rule of Taiwan in 1895-1945.

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Ex-Taiwan President Lee before departure from Japan

SAPPORO, Japan - Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui speaks at a press conference in Sapporo, capital of Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido, on Sept. 25, 2014, prior to his departure for home. Lee emphasized the importance of stronger relations between Japan and Taiwan during his sixth visit since his resignation as president.

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Ex-Taiwan Pres. Lee in Japan

CHITOSE, Japan - Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui (L front) visits a stock farm in Chitose, Hokkaido, on Sept. 23, 2014. Lee arrived in Japan on Sept. 19 for a weeklong vacation. (Pool photo)

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Ex-Taiwan Pres. Lee Teng-hui sees solar panel station

KAWASAKI, Japan - Visiting former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui touches real-size solar panels at a museum during his visit to a solar power station in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Sept. 22, 2014.

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Ex-Taiwan president to visit Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui, seen in this undated photo, left for Japan on Sept. 19, 2014, for a seven-day vacation that will take him to several parts of the country. The trip to Japan is his sixth since he stepped down as president and his first since 2009.

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Ex-Taiwan Pres. Lee says graft charges 'groundless'

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui (R) and Tsai Ing-wen, chairwoman of Taiwan's main opposition Democratic Progressive Party, attend a fundraising party in Taipei on July 1, 2011. Lee denied charges of embezzlement and money laundering as ''groundless.''

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Ex-Taiwan President Lee in interview

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui speaks during an interview at his home in a suburb of Taipei on Dec. 6, 2010. Lee said ruling and opposition parties need to resolve their differences and conflicts for the further development of Taiwan.

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Ex-Taiwan leader Lee in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Former Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui speaks to reporters after delivering a lecture at the Hibiya Kokaido hall in Tokyo on Sept. 5, 2009. Lee talked about relations between Japan and the United States under the incoming government under Yukio Hatoyama, the prime minister in waiting, as well as ties between Japan and Taiwan.

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Man hurls plastic bottles at ex-Taiwan Pres. Lee, Lee unhurt

NARITA, Japan - A man (C) who hurled two plastic bottles containing liquids at former Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui at Narita airport June 9 is subdued by policemen. Lee was about to take a return flight home after an 11-day trip to Japan.

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Man hurls plastic bottles at ex-Taiwan Pres. Lee, Lee unhurt

NARITA, Japan - Former Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui (C) is protected by policemen when a man hurled two plastic bottles containing liquids at him at Narita airport June 9. Lee was about to take a return flight home after an 11-day trip to Japan.

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Ex-Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui visits Akita

AKITA, Japan - Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui and his wife Tseng Wen-fui visit Lake Tazawa in Akita Prefecture on June 5 during a sightseeing tour of the Tohoku region. The couple are on an 11-day trip to Japan. Lee plans to deliver an address on education at Akita International University in Akita city on June 6 before heading back to Tokyo.

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Ex-Taiwan President Lee awarded inaugural Shimpei Goto prize

TOKYO, Japan - Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui poses with the Goto Shimpei Award he was presented in Tokyo on June 1. Lee, 84, is the first recipient of the award, established in memory of Shimpei Goto (1857-1929), who served as the chief civil administrator in Japanese-ruled Taiwan.

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Ex-Taiwan President Lee visits Basho museum in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui (R) is presented with a walking stick as he visits Japanese haiku master Matsuo Basho's museum in Tokyo on May 31. Lee arrived in Japan on May 30 for an 11-day stay during which he is scheduled to make his first speech in Tokyo and to visit five Japanese prefectures following in the footsteps of 17th century haiku poet Matsuo Basho.

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Ex-Taiwan President Lee arrives in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui arrives at Narita International Airport, northeast of Tokyo, on May 30 for an 11-day stay in Japan. Lee is scheduled to make his first speech in Tokyo and to visit five Japanese prefectures in the footsteps of 17th century haiku poet Matsuo Basho.

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Ex-Taiwan President Lee arrives in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui arrives at Narita International Airport, northeast of Tokyo, on May 30 for an 11-day stay in Japan. Lee is scheduled to make his first speech in Tokyo and to visit five Japanese prefectures in the footsteps of 17th century haiku poet Matsuo Basho.

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Ex-Taiwan President Lee arrives in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui arrives at Narita International Airport, northeast of Tokyo, on May 30 for an 11-day stay in Japan. Lee is scheduled to make his first speech in Tokyo and to visit five Japanese prefectures in the footsteps of 17th century haiku poet Matsuo Basho.

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Ex-Taiwan President Lee arrives in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui speaks to reporters at Narita International Airport, northeast of Tokyo, on May 30 after arriving there for an 11-day stay in Japan. Lee is scheduled to make his first speech in Tokyo and to visit five Japanese prefectures in the footsteps of 17th century haiku poet Matsuo Basho.

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Ex-Taiwan opposition leader arrives in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Lien Chan, former chairman of Taiwan's main opposition Nationalist Party (KMT), makes a statement on arrival at Beijing International Airport on April 13 for talks with the Chinese leadership on direct trade links.

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Ex-Taiwan opposition leader arrives in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Lien Chan, former chairman of Taiwan's main opposition Nationalist Party (KMT), and his wife arrive at Beijing International Airport on April 13 for talks with the Chinese leadership on direct trade links.

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Contradictory rulings on ex-Taiwan, S. Korean leprosy patients

TOKYO, Japan - Chang Gi Jin (R), an 84-year-old former South Korean leprosy patient, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 25 after the Tokyo District Court rejected a lawsuit by 117 former South Korean leprosy patients seeking compensation from the Japanese government for segregation at a leprosarium in South Korea during Japanese colonial rule.

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Contradictory rulings on ex-Taiwan, S. Korean leprosy patients

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Chen Shih-shih, an 82-year-old former Taiwanese leprosy patient, speaks at a press conference in Taipei on Oct. 25 after the Tokyo District Court upheld a lawsuit filed by 25 former Taiwanese leprosy patients seeking compensation from the Japanese government for segregation at a leprosarium in Taiwan during Japanese colonial rule.

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Contradictory rulings on ex-Taiwan, S. Korean leprosy patients

TOKYO, Japan - Former Taiwanese and South Korean leprosy patients arrive at the Tokyo District Court on Oct. 25 to hear the court's rulings on their lawsuits seeking compensation from the Japanese government for segregation at leprosariums in Taiwan and South Korea during Japan's colonial rule.

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Contradictory rulings on ex-Taiwan, S. Korean leprosy patients

TOKYO, Japan - A supporter for former Taiwanese leprosy patients holds up a banner saying ''winning lawsuit'' in front of the Tokyo District Court on Oct. 25 after the court upheld their lawsuit seeking compensation from the Japanese government for segregation at a leprosarium in Taiwan during Japan's colonial rule.

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Contradictory rulings on ex-Taiwan, S. Korean leprosy patients

TOKYO, Japan - A supporter for former South Korean leprosy patients holds up a banner saying ''unjust ruling'' in front of the Tokyo District Court on Oct. 25 after the court rejected their lawsuit seeking compensation from the Japanese government for segregation at a leprosarium in South Korea during Japan's colonial rule.

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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.''

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Ex-Taiwan Pres. Lee completes controversial Japan trip

OSAKA, Japan - Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui (R) and wife Tseng Wen-fui wave to well-wishers at Kansai International Airport near Osaka on April 26 before boarding a Japan Asia Airways flight to Taipei. He completed a five-day visit to Japan that sparked retaliatory diplomatic measures by China.

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Ex-Taiwan president Lee may visit Japan in May

TAIPEI, Taiwan - File photo shows former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui who may visit Japan in May on his way back from the United States. Sources close to him said March 30 Lee is expected to consult with a Japanese doctor who observed Lee's heart surgery at a Taipei hospital last November.

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(2)Ex-Taiwan Pres. Lee enjoys Japan tour

NAGOYA, Japan - Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui (L) look at exhibits at the museum commemorating late philosopher Kitaro Nishida in the city of Kahoku, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 30. (Kyodo)

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(1)Ex-Taiwan Pres. Lee enjoys Japan tour

NAGOYA, Japan - Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui (2nd from L) and his wife Tseng Wen-hui (L) visit the grave of late philosopher Kitaro Nishida in the city of Kahoku, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 30. Lee and his family are in Japan on a weeklong visit to Japan. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Taiwan President Lee meets his ex-university professor

KYOTO, Japan - Ex-Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui (R) talks with one of his former university professors, Yuken Kashiwa, a 97-year-old professor emeritus at Kyoto University, at Kashiwa's home in Kyoto's Sakyo Ward on Dec. 31. Lee met Kashiwa for the first time in 61 years. Lee and his family are on a weeklong visit to Japan. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Taiwan President Lee pays New Year's visit to temple in Shiga

SHIGA, Japan - Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui speaks to Taiwan media during his new year's visit to Doganji Temple in the town of Takatsuki, Shiga Prefecture, on Jan. 1. Lee and his family will return home on Jan. 2 after a weeklong tour in Japan. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Taiwan opposition leader arrives in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Lien Chan, former chairman of Taiwan's main opposition Nationalist Party (KMT), makes a statement on arrival at Beijing International Airport on April 13 for talks with the Chinese leadership on direct trade links. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Taiwan opposition leader arrives in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Lien Chan, former chairman of Taiwan's main opposition Nationalist Party (KMT), and his wife arrive at Beijing International Airport on April 13 for talks with the Chinese leadership on direct trade links. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Taiwan President Lee arrives in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui arrives at Narita International Airport, northeast of Tokyo, on May 30 for an 11-day stay in Japan. Lee is scheduled to make his first speech in Tokyo and to visit five Japanese prefectures in the footsteps of 17th century haiku poet Matsuo Basho. (Kyodo)