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Japan–South Korea relations worsened as a result of the pandemic. [59] After Japan declared it would start quarantining all arrivals from South Korea , the South Korean government described the move as “unreasonable, excessive and extremely regrettable”, and that it couldn't "help but question whether Japan has other motives than ...
Japan has appointed a serving government official to act as its de facto defence attache in Taiwan, four sources said, elevating security ties in a move likely to anger China, which claims the ...
Taiwan's handling of the outbreak has received international praise for its effectiveness in quarantining people. [10] [25] However, an outbreak among Taiwanese crew members of the state-owned China Airlines in late April 2021 led to a sharp surge in cases, mainly in the Greater Taipei area, from mid May.
Nonetheless, Taiwan has made at least some progress in health-related forums compared to its impasse in other UN-affiliated agencies. [3] Taiwan has been excluded since 2016. [4] On December 31, 2019, Taiwan's government expressed concerns to the WHO about the virus's potential for human-to-human transmission, but received no response.
The report predicted that China will possess 1,500 nuclear warheads by 2035 and increase its military superiority over Taiwan, in what Japan views as a security threat, especially to its ...
On 3 March, the WHO released a Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan to help protect countries with weaker health systems. [34] The WHO Director-General stated that the latest global death rate of the new coronavirus outbreak, 3.4%, was far higher than the seasonal flu which has a rate of less than 1%. [35]
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan has lodged a protest against the Chinese ambassador's "extremely inappropriate" comments about Taiwan, chief cabinet secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Wednesday.
Most countries and territories affected with COVID-19 introduced and enforced some form of lockdown. However, only a few exceptions included Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, which rapidly and consistently implemented highly organized mass testing, contact tracing, public messaging and selective quarantining to identify and isolate outbreaks.