Taiwan Sends Vice Premier to Japan for First Time in 29 Years
- Cheng Wen-tsan discusses chip industry with Japan officials
- Trip coincides with group of US lawmakers heading to Taipei
Cheng Wen-tsan, left, and Toshimitsu Motegi at the Liberal Democratic Party's headquarters in Tokyo on June 28.
Photographer: JIJI Press/AFP/Getty Images
A Taiwanese vice premier is traveling to Japan for the first time in 29 years to shore up economic ties and talk about the semiconductor industry.
Vice Premier Cheng Wen-tsan is leading a delegation of officials and businesspeople from the economic and industrial spheres on the visit this week, Taiwan’s Cabinet said in a statement on Wednesday. Cheng visited key Japanese companies to hold discussions on important issues such as strengthening Taiwan’s semiconductor supply chains, the statement added, without naming the firms. Taiwan’s export orders plummeted in May for a ninth straight month amid a global slide in demand for chips.