LDP’s Furuya says Takaichi called China’s sanctions against him ‘great honor’
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Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi described China’s sanctions against veteran Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Keiji Furuya as “a great honor” in a private email earlier this year, Furuya said Wednesday.Speaking at a reception in Tokyo marking Taiwan’s national day, Furuya, who chairs a cross-party parliamentary group promoting ties with Taipei, said the message arrived when Beijing sanctioned him in March.Hosted by the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Japan — the self-governing island’s de facto…
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