Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Frank Hsieh (
Hsiao Bi-khim (
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A meeting with former prime minister Junichiro Koizumi is still being arranged, Hsiao said, adding that the media would be informed who Hsieh will be meeting.
DPP Legislator Huang Chien-huei (
Hsieh will not visit any political parties this time, mainly because of time restraints, Hsiao said.
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Hsiao dismissed speculation that Hsieh's visit was related to Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou's (
Emphasizing the special historical relationship between Taiwan and Japan, Hsiao said Hsieh had planned to visit Japan in September, but had been forced to postpone the trip until this month because of health reasons.
Hsieh spent seven years in Kyoto and will return to his alma mater, Kyoto University, where he will deliver a speech on strengthening Taiwan-Japan relations.
UNEXPECTED
In other developments, DPP Secretary-General Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) told reporters yesterday that the party had not expected such strong resistance from the opposition parties regarding the name change at National Taiwan Democracy Memorial Hall.
Cho said the reaction to the one-step voting system to be used in the legislative elections and the two referendums had also come as a surprise.
While both have stirred up much passion among DPP supporters, Cho said the controversies have blurred the aims of the party's campaign, which should focus on reclaiming the KMT's stolen assets.
The planned withdrawal of military guards from the mausoleums of dictator Chiang Kai-shek (
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