Former President Tsai Ing-wen\u2019s office has refuted claims that she is planning to visit Japan, following a report by the China Times suggesting such a trip is imminent. On Sunday, Tsai Shu-ching, a spokesperson for Tsai, categorically denied the media report. He stated that the report published by the China Times was \u201cinaccurate\u201d and that there was no plan for a visit to Japan.<\/p>\n
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) also confirmed that there have been no discussions with Japanese officials regarding a potential visit by Tsai. The ministry\u2019s response reinforces the denial issued by Tsai\u2019s office.<\/p>\n
The China Times reported earlier that various think tanks from the United States, Europe, and Japan had extended invitations to Tsai since her departure from office on May 20. According to the report, Japan was considered a likely destination due to its proximity to Taiwan. The media outlet suggested that Tsai might apply for a visitor visa to visit relatives in Japan, drawing a parallel to the travel of former President Lee Teng-hui, who visited Japan in 2001 under similar circumstances.<\/p>\n
Despite the speculation, Tsai Ing-wen\u2019s office and MOFA have provided clear denials regarding any planned visit. The former president\u2019s travel plans, if any, remain unconfirmed, and the office has assured that no arrangements are currently underway.<\/p>\n
The denial comes amid heightened interest in Tsai\u2019s post-presidency activities, as well as ongoing discussions about her future engagements on the international stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Former President Tsai Ing-wen\u2019s office has denied media reports of an impending visit to Japan. A spokesperson confirmed there are no current plans for such a trip, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has not engaged in related discussions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":367,"featured_media":28149,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[352,268,9018,261,4439,16054,294],"class_list":["post-28148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-taiwan","tag-europe","tag-japan","tag-ministry-of-foreign-affairs-mofa","tag-taiwan","tag-tsai-ing-wen","tag-tsai-shu-ching","tag-united-states"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}