Lee Teng-hui of Taiwan Visits Japan
Press Conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan
Lee Teng-hui, former president of Taiwan (the Republic of China) attends a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan on July 23, 2015, Tokyo, Japan. Teng-hui came to the Club to speak in fluent Japanese about the ''Establishment of Taiwanese Autonomy,'' China's politics with Taiwan and its historical relationship with Japan. Lee recognized that the disputed Senkaku (or Diaoyu) islands are Japanese and not part of Taiwan. Lee is in Japan for a six-day visit including a speech at the Diet building and visits to Fukushima and Miyagi where he will pay his respects at Millennium Hope Hills in Iwanuma to those who lost their lives in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Photo by Rodrigo Reyes Marin/AFLO)