Demonstration In Support Of Nagorno-Karabakh - Brussels

Demonstration In Support Of Nagorno-Karabakh - Brussels

Belgique, Bruxelles, le 1er octobre 2023 : manifestation de soutien aux Arméniens du Haut-Karabagh, enclave à majorité arménienne dans le Caucase en Azerbaïdjan. Des centaines de milliers d'Arméniens ont fui le Haut-Karabagh devant l'avancée de l'armée azerbaïdjanaise, les manifestants dénoncent la complicité de l'Europe qui ferme les yeux sur le drame des Arméniens en échange du gaz azeri, ils dénoncent un génocide et brandissent des pancartes contre le président azerbaïdjanais Ilham Aliev - Around 2,000 people who demands more EU action on the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan demonstrate beside Schuman Roundabout, in the heart of the EU district on October 1, 2023 in Brussels, Belgium. The Republic of Artsakh enclave is emptying and Armenia is worried about its own survival. Almost all of the 140,000 Armenians living in the enclave, attached to Azerbaijan in 1920 by the Bolsheviks, are heading into exile. - Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

Demonstration In Support Of Nagorno-Karabakh - Brussels

Demonstration In Support Of Nagorno-Karabakh - Brussels

Belgique, Bruxelles, le 1er octobre 2023 : manifestation de soutien aux Arméniens du Haut-Karabagh, enclave à majorité arménienne dans le Caucase en Azerbaïdjan. Des centaines de milliers d'Arméniens ont fui le Haut-Karabagh devant l'avancée de l'armée azerbaïdjanaise, les manifestants dénoncent la complicité de l'Europe qui ferme les yeux sur le drame des Arméniens en échange du gaz azeri, ils dénoncent un génocide et brandissent des pancartes contre le président azerbaïdjanais Ilham Aliev - Around 2,000 people who demands more EU action on the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan demonstrate beside Schuman Roundabout, in the heart of the EU district on October 1, 2023 in Brussels, Belgium. The Republic of Artsakh enclave is emptying and Armenia is worried about its own survival. Almost all of the 140,000 Armenians living in the enclave, attached to Azerbaijan in 1920 by the Bolsheviks, are heading into exile. - Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

Demonstration In Support Of Nagorno-Karabakh - Brussels

Demonstration In Support Of Nagorno-Karabakh - Brussels

Belgique, Bruxelles, le 1er octobre 2023 : manifestation de soutien aux Arméniens du Haut-Karabagh, enclave à majorité arménienne dans le Caucase en Azerbaïdjan. Des centaines de milliers d'Arméniens ont fui le Haut-Karabagh devant l'avancée de l'armée azerbaïdjanaise, les manifestants dénoncent la complicité de l'Europe qui ferme les yeux sur le drame des Arméniens en échange du gaz azeri, ils dénoncent un génocide et brandissent des pancartes contre le président azerbaïdjanais Ilham Aliev - Around 2,000 people who demands more EU action on the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan demonstrate beside Schuman Roundabout, in the heart of the EU district on October 1, 2023 in Brussels, Belgium. The Republic of Artsakh enclave is emptying and Armenia is worried about its own survival. Almost all of the 140,000 Armenians living in the enclave, attached to Azerbaijan in 1920 by the Bolsheviks, are heading into exile. - Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

Demonstration In Support Of Nagorno-Karabakh - Brussels

Demonstration In Support Of Nagorno-Karabakh - Brussels

Belgique, Bruxelles, le 1er octobre 2023 : manifestation de soutien aux Arméniens du Haut-Karabagh, enclave à majorité arménienne dans le Caucase en Azerbaïdjan. Des centaines de milliers d'Arméniens ont fui le Haut-Karabagh devant l'avancée de l'armée azerbaïdjanaise, les manifestants dénoncent la complicité de l'Europe qui ferme les yeux sur le drame des Arméniens en échange du gaz azeri, ils dénoncent un génocide et brandissent des pancartes contre le président azerbaïdjanais Ilham Aliev - Around 2,000 people who demands more EU action on the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan demonstrate beside Schuman Roundabout, in the heart of the EU district on October 1, 2023 in Brussels, Belgium. The Republic of Artsakh enclave is emptying and Armenia is worried about its own survival. Almost all of the 140,000 Armenians living in the enclave, attached to Azerbaijan in 1920 by the Bolsheviks, are heading into exile. - Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

Demonstration In Support Of Nagorno-Karabakh - Brussels

Demonstration In Support Of Nagorno-Karabakh - Brussels

Belgique, Bruxelles, le 1er octobre 2023 : manifestation de soutien aux Arméniens du Haut-Karabagh, enclave à majorité arménienne dans le Caucase en Azerbaïdjan. Des centaines de milliers d'Arméniens ont fui le Haut-Karabagh devant l'avancée de l'armée azerbaïdjanaise, les manifestants dénoncent la complicité de l'Europe qui ferme les yeux sur le drame des Arméniens en échange du gaz azeri, ils dénoncent un génocide et brandissent des pancartes contre le président azerbaïdjanais Ilham Aliev - Around 2,000 people who demands more EU action on the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan demonstrate beside Schuman Roundabout, in the heart of the EU district on October 1, 2023 in Brussels, Belgium. The Republic of Artsakh enclave is emptying and Armenia is worried about its own survival. Almost all of the 140,000 Armenians living in the enclave, attached to Azerbaijan in 1920 by the Bolsheviks, are heading into exile. - Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

Demonstration In Support Of Nagorno-Karabakh - Brussels

Demonstration In Support Of Nagorno-Karabakh - Brussels

Belgique, Bruxelles, le 1er octobre 2023 : manifestation de soutien aux Arméniens du Haut-Karabagh, enclave à majorité arménienne dans le Caucase en Azerbaïdjan. Des centaines de milliers d'Arméniens ont fui le Haut-Karabagh devant l'avancée de l'armée azerbaïdjanaise, les manifestants dénoncent la complicité de l'Europe qui ferme les yeux sur le drame des Arméniens en échange du gaz azeri, ils dénoncent un génocide et brandissent des pancartes contre le président azerbaïdjanais Ilham Aliev. La députée Isabelle Santiago - Around 2,000 people who demands more EU action on the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan demonstrate beside Schuman Roundabout, in the heart of the EU district on October 1, 2023 in Brussels, Belgium. The Republic of Artsakh enclave is emptying and Armenia is worried about its own survival. Almost all of the 140,000 Armenians living in the enclave, attached to Azerbaijan in 1920 by the Bolsheviks, are heading into exile. - Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

Demonstration In Support Of Nagorno-Karabakh - Brussels

Demonstration In Support Of Nagorno-Karabakh - Brussels

Belgique, Bruxelles, le 1er octobre 2023 : manifestation de soutien aux Arméniens du Haut-Karabagh, enclave à majorité arménienne dans le Caucase en Azerbaïdjan. Des centaines de milliers d'Arméniens ont fui le Haut-Karabagh devant l'avancée de l'armée azerbaïdjanaise, les manifestants dénoncent la complicité de l'Europe qui ferme les yeux sur le drame des Arméniens en échange du gaz azeri, ils dénoncent un génocide et brandissent des pancartes contre le président azerbaïdjanais Ilham Aliev - Around 2,000 people who demands more EU action on the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan demonstrate beside Schuman Roundabout, in the heart of the EU district on October 1, 2023 in Brussels, Belgium. The Republic of Artsakh enclave is emptying and Armenia is worried about its own survival. Almost all of the 140,000 Armenians living in the enclave, attached to Azerbaijan in 1920 by the Bolsheviks, are heading into exile. - Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

Demonstration In Support Of Nagorno-Karabakh - Brussels

Demonstration In Support Of Nagorno-Karabakh - Brussels

Belgique, Bruxelles, le 1er octobre 2023 : manifestation de soutien aux Arméniens du Haut-Karabagh, enclave à majorité arménienne dans le Caucase en Azerbaïdjan. Des centaines de milliers d'Arméniens ont fui le Haut-Karabagh devant l'avancée de l'armée azerbaïdjanaise, les manifestants dénoncent la complicité de l'Europe qui ferme les yeux sur le drame des Arméniens en échange du gaz azeri, ils dénoncent un génocide et brandissent des pancartes contre le président azerbaïdjanais Ilham Aliev - Around 2,000 people who demands more EU action on the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan demonstrate beside Schuman Roundabout, in the heart of the EU district on October 1, 2023 in Brussels, Belgium. The Republic of Artsakh enclave is emptying and Armenia is worried about its own survival. Almost all of the 140,000 Armenians living in the enclave, attached to Azerbaijan in 1920 by the Bolsheviks, are heading into exile. - Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

Demonstration In Support Of Nagorno-Karabakh - Brussels

Demonstration In Support Of Nagorno-Karabakh - Brussels

Belgique, Bruxelles, le 1er octobre 2023 : manifestation de soutien aux Arméniens du Haut-Karabagh, enclave à majorité arménienne dans le Caucase en Azerbaïdjan. Des centaines de milliers d'Arméniens ont fui le Haut-Karabagh devant l'avancée de l'armée azerbaïdjanaise, les manifestants dénoncent la complicité de l'Europe qui ferme les yeux sur le drame des Arméniens en échange du gaz azeri, ils dénoncent un génocide et brandissent des pancartes contre le président azerbaïdjanais Ilham Aliev - Around 2,000 people who demands more EU action on the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan demonstrate beside Schuman Roundabout, in the heart of the EU district on October 1, 2023 in Brussels, Belgium. The Republic of Artsakh enclave is emptying and Armenia is worried about its own survival. Almost all of the 140,000 Armenians living in the enclave, attached to Azerbaijan in 1920 by the Bolsheviks, are heading into exile. - Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

Demonstration In Support Of Nagorno-Karabakh - Brussels

Demonstration In Support Of Nagorno-Karabakh - Brussels

Belgique, Bruxelles, le 1er octobre 2023 : manifestation de soutien aux Arméniens du Haut-Karabagh, enclave à majorité arménienne dans le Caucase en Azerbaïdjan. Des centaines de milliers d'Arméniens ont fui le Haut-Karabagh devant l'avancée de l'armée azerbaïdjanaise, les manifestants dénoncent la complicité de l'Europe qui ferme les yeux sur le drame des Arméniens en échange du gaz azeri, ils dénoncent un génocide et brandissent des pancartes contre le président azerbaïdjanais Ilham Aliev. Les députées Astrid Panosyan Bouvet et Isabelle Santiago - Around 2,000 people who demands more EU action on the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan demonstrate beside Schuman Roundabout, in the heart of the EU district on October 1, 2023 in Brussels, Belgium. The Republic of Artsakh enclave is emptying and Armenia is worried about its own survival. Almost all of the 140,000 Armenians living in the enclave, attached to Azerbaijan in 1920 by the Bolsheviks, are heading into exile. - Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.

Demonstration In Support Of Nagorno-Karabakh - Brussels

Demonstration In Support Of Nagorno-Karabakh - Brussels

Belgique, Bruxelles, le 1er octobre 2023 : manifestation de soutien aux Arméniens du Haut-Karabagh, enclave à majorité arménienne dans le Caucase en Azerbaïdjan. Des centaines de milliers d'Arméniens ont fui le Haut-Karabagh devant l'avancée de l'armée azerbaïdjanaise, les manifestants dénoncent la complicité de l'Europe qui ferme les yeux sur le drame des Arméniens en échange du gaz azeri, ils dénoncent un génocide et brandissent des pancartes contre le président azerbaïdjanais Ilham Aliev - Around 2,000 people who demands more EU action on the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan demonstrate beside Schuman Roundabout, in the heart of the EU district on October 1, 2023 in Brussels, Belgium. The Republic of Artsakh enclave is emptying and Armenia is worried about its own survival. Almost all of the 140,000 Armenians living in the enclave, attached to Azerbaijan in 1920 by the Bolsheviks, are heading into exile. - Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

Demonstration In Support Of Nagorno-Karabakh - Brussels

Demonstration In Support Of Nagorno-Karabakh - Brussels

Belgique, Bruxelles, le 1er octobre 2023 : manifestation de soutien aux Arméniens du Haut-Karabagh, enclave à majorité arménienne dans le Caucase en Azerbaïdjan. Des centaines de milliers d'Arméniens ont fui le Haut-Karabagh devant l'avancée de l'armée azerbaïdjanaise, les manifestants dénoncent la complicité de l'Europe qui ferme les yeux sur le drame des Arméniens en échange du gaz azeri, ils dénoncent un génocide et brandissent des pancartes contre le président azerbaïdjanais Ilham Aliev. La députée Astrid Panosyan Bouvet - Around 2,000 people who demands more EU action on the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan demonstrate beside Schuman Roundabout, in the heart of the EU district on October 1, 2023 in Brussels, Belgium. The Republic of Artsakh enclave is emptying and Armenia is worried about its own survival. Almost all of the 140,000 Armenians living in the enclave, attached to Azerbaijan in 1920 by the Bolsheviks, are heading into exile. - Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

Demonstration In Support Of Nagorno-Karabakh - Brussels

Demonstration In Support Of Nagorno-Karabakh - Brussels

Belgique, Bruxelles, le 1er octobre 2023 : manifestation de soutien aux Arméniens du Haut-Karabagh, enclave à majorité arménienne dans le Caucase en Azerbaïdjan. Des centaines de milliers d'Arméniens ont fui le Haut-Karabagh devant l'avancée de l'armée azerbaïdjanaise, les manifestants dénoncent la complicité de l'Europe qui ferme les yeux sur le drame des Arméniens en échange du gaz azeri, ils dénoncent un génocide et brandissent des pancartes contre le président azerbaïdjanais Ilham Aliev - Around 2,000 people who demands more EU action on the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan demonstrate beside Schuman Roundabout, in the heart of the EU district on October 1, 2023 in Brussels, Belgium. The Republic of Artsakh enclave is emptying and Armenia is worried about its own survival. Almost all of the 140,000 Armenians living in the enclave, attached to Azerbaijan in 1920 by the Bolsheviks, are heading into exile. - Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

Demonstration In Support Of Nagorno-Karabakh - Brussels

Demonstration In Support Of Nagorno-Karabakh - Brussels

Belgique, Bruxelles, le 1er octobre 2023 : manifestation de soutien aux Arméniens du Haut-Karabagh, enclave à majorité arménienne dans le Caucase en Azerbaïdjan. Des centaines de milliers d'Arméniens ont fui le Haut-Karabagh devant l'avancée de l'armée azerbaïdjanaise, les manifestants dénoncent la complicité de l'Europe qui ferme les yeux sur le drame des Arméniens en échange du gaz azeri, ils dénoncent un génocide et brandissent des pancartes contre le président azerbaïdjanais Ilham Aliev - Around 2,000 people who demands more EU action on the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan demonstrate beside Schuman Roundabout, in the heart of the EU district on October 1, 2023 in Brussels, Belgium. The Republic of Artsakh enclave is emptying and Armenia is worried about its own survival. Almost all of the 140,000 Armenians living in the enclave, attached to Azerbaijan in 1920 by the Bolsheviks, are heading into exile. - Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

Demonstration In Support Of Nagorno-Karabakh - Brussels

Demonstration In Support Of Nagorno-Karabakh - Brussels

Belgique, Bruxelles, le 1er octobre 2023 : manifestation de soutien aux Arméniens du Haut-Karabagh, enclave à majorité arménienne dans le Caucase en Azerbaïdjan. Des centaines de milliers d'Arméniens ont fui le Haut-Karabagh devant l'avancée de l'armée azerbaïdjanaise, les manifestants dénoncent la complicité de l'Europe qui ferme les yeux sur le drame des Arméniens en échange du gaz azeri, ils dénoncent un génocide et brandissent des pancartes contre le président azerbaïdjanais Ilham Aliev - Around 2,000 people who demands more EU action on the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan demonstrate beside Schuman Roundabout, in the heart of the EU district on October 1, 2023 in Brussels, Belgium. The Republic of Artsakh enclave is emptying and Armenia is worried about its own survival. Almost all of the 140,000 Armenians living in the enclave, attached to Azerbaijan in 1920 by the Bolsheviks, are heading into exile. - Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

Demonstration In Support Of Nagorno-Karabakh - Brussels

Demonstration In Support Of Nagorno-Karabakh - Brussels

Belgique, Bruxelles, le 1er octobre 2023 : manifestation de soutien aux Arméniens du Haut-Karabagh, enclave à majorité arménienne dans le Caucase en Azerbaïdjan. Des centaines de milliers d'Arméniens ont fui le Haut-Karabagh devant l'avancée de l'armée azerbaïdjanaise, les manifestants dénoncent la complicité de l'Europe qui ferme les yeux sur le drame des Arméniens en échange du gaz azeri, ils dénoncent un génocide et brandissent des pancartes contre le président azerbaïdjanais Ilham Aliev - Around 2,000 people who demands more EU action on the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan demonstrate beside Schuman Roundabout, in the heart of the EU district on October 1, 2023 in Brussels, Belgium. The Republic of Artsakh enclave is emptying and Armenia is worried about its own survival. Almost all of the 140,000 Armenians living in the enclave, attached to Azerbaijan in 1920 by the Bolsheviks, are heading into exile. - Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

Demonstration In Support Of Nagorno-Karabakh - Brussels

Demonstration In Support Of Nagorno-Karabakh - Brussels

Belgique, Bruxelles, le 1er octobre 2023 : manifestation de soutien aux Arméniens du Haut-Karabagh, enclave à majorité arménienne dans le Caucase en Azerbaïdjan. Des centaines de milliers d'Arméniens ont fui le Haut-Karabagh devant l'avancée de l'armée azerbaïdjanaise, les manifestants dénoncent la complicité de l'Europe qui ferme les yeux sur le drame des Arméniens en échange du gaz azeri, ils dénoncent un génocide et brandissent des pancartes contre le président azerbaïdjanais Ilham Aliev - Around 2,000 people who demands more EU action on the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan demonstrate beside Schuman Roundabout, in the heart of the EU district on October 1, 2023 in Brussels, Belgium. The Republic of Artsakh enclave is emptying and Armenia is worried about its own survival. Almost all of the 140,000 Armenians living in the enclave, attached to Azerbaijan in 1920 by the Bolsheviks, are heading into exile. - Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

Demonstration In Support Of Nagorno-Karabakh - Brussels

Demonstration In Support Of Nagorno-Karabakh - Brussels

Belgique, Bruxelles, le 1er octobre 2023 : manifestation de soutien aux Arméniens du Haut-Karabagh, enclave à majorité arménienne dans le Caucase en Azerbaïdjan. Des centaines de milliers d'Arméniens ont fui le Haut-Karabagh devant l'avancée de l'armée azerbaïdjanaise, les manifestants dénoncent la complicité de l'Europe qui ferme les yeux sur le drame des Arméniens en échange du gaz azeri, ils dénoncent un génocide et brandissent des pancartes contre le président azerbaïdjanais Ilham Aliev. Demande de sanctions - Around 2,000 people who demands more EU action on the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan demonstrate beside Schuman Roundabout, in the heart of the EU district on October 1, 2023 in Brussels, Belgium. The Republic of Artsakh enclave is emptying and Armenia is worried about its own survival. Almost all of the 140,000 Armenians living in the enclave, attached to Azerbaijan in 1920 by the Bolsheviks, are heading into exile. - Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

Demonstration In Support Of Nagorno-Karabakh - Brussels

Demonstration In Support Of Nagorno-Karabakh - Brussels

Belgique, Bruxelles, le 1er octobre 2023 : manifestation de soutien aux Arméniens du Haut-Karabagh, enclave à majorité arménienne dans le Caucase en Azerbaïdjan. Des centaines de milliers d'Arméniens ont fui le Haut-Karabagh devant l'avancée de l'armée azerbaïdjanaise, les manifestants dénoncent la complicité de l'Europe qui ferme les yeux sur le drame des Arméniens en échange du gaz azeri, ils dénoncent un génocide et brandissent des pancartes contre le président azerbaïdjanais Ilham Aliev - Around 2,000 people who demands more EU action on the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan demonstrate beside Schuman Roundabout, in the heart of the EU district on October 1, 2023 in Brussels, Belgium. The Republic of Artsakh enclave is emptying and Armenia is worried about its own survival. Almost all of the 140,000 Armenians living in the enclave, attached to Azerbaijan in 1920 by the Bolsheviks, are heading into exile. - Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

Ex-Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui visits Akita

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.

Lee speaks about impressions of Japan visit

Lee speaks about impressions of Japan visit

HIRAIZUMI, Japan - Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui, accompanied by his wife Tseng Wen-fui, speaks about impressions of his 11-day Japan visit in Hiraizumi, Iwate Prefecture, on June 4. Arriving in Tokyo on May 30, Lee said he will follow in the footsteps of 17th century haiku master Matsuo Basho.

Ex-Taiwan Pres. Lee completes controversial Japan trip

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.

Former Taiwan leader Lee visits Osaka Castle

Former Taiwan leader Lee visits Osaka Castle

OSAKA, Japan - Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui (3rd from L) and his wife Tseng Wen-fui (next to Lee) visit Osaka Castle in Osaka on April 23. Lee, in Japan since April 22, will travel to Kurashiki in Okayama Prefecture to undergo a medical checkup on April 24.

Taiwan's Lee says he feels 'great' to be in Japan

Taiwan's Lee says he feels 'great' to be in Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui smiles while taking a short walk April 23 with his wife Tseng Wen-fui along the Okawa River near their hotel in Osaka. He told well-wishers and supporters waiting outside the hotel he is thrilled to be in Osaka. Lee arrived in Japan on April 22 for medical treatment. China claims the visit is a politically motivated plot by pro-independence forces in Taiwan.

Ann Fui awarded Fukuoka Asian Culture Grand Prize

Ann Fui awarded Fukuoka Asian Culture Grand Prize

FUKUOKA, Japan - Hong Kong film director Ann Fui (R) and Fukuoka Mayor Hiroshi Yoshida shake hands after Fui was awarded this year's Fukuoka Asian Culture Grand Prize in Fukuoka on Sept. 10. The Fukuoka Prize was established in 1990 to honor the outstanding work of individuals or groups to preserve and create unique and diverse culture in Asia. (Kyodo)

Ex-Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui visits Akita

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. (Kyodo)

Lee speaks about impressions of Japan visit

Lee speaks about impressions of Japan visit

HIRAIZUMI, Japan - Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui, accompanied by his wife Tseng Wen-fui, speaks about impressions of his 11-day Japan visit in Hiraizumi, Iwate Prefecture, on June 4. Arriving in Tokyo on May 30, Lee said he will follow in the footsteps of 17th century haiku master Matsuo Basho. (Kyodo)

Ex-Taiwan Pres. Lee completes controversial Japan trip

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.

Taiwan's Lee says he feels 'great' to be in Japan

Taiwan's Lee says he feels 'great' to be in Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui smiles while taking a short walk April 23 with his wife Tseng Wen-fui along the Okawa River near their hotel in Osaka. He told well-wishers and supporters waiting outside the hotel he is thrilled to be in Osaka. Lee arrived in Japan on April 22 for medical treatment. China claims the visit is a politically motivated plot by pro-independence forces in Taiwan.

Former Taiwan leader Lee visits Osaka Castle

Former Taiwan leader Lee visits Osaka Castle

OSAKA, Japan - Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui (3rd from L) and his wife Tseng Wen-fui (next to Lee) visit Osaka Castle in Osaka on April 23. Lee, in Japan since April 22, will travel to Kurashiki in Okayama Prefecture to undergo a medical checkup on April 24.