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FOCUS: Taiwan presidential frontrunner changes perceptions in Japan.

Publication: Asian Political News
Publication Date: 24-NOV-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
TOKYO, Nov. 23 Kyodo

Last year in July, when Taiwanese presidential hopeful Ma Ying-jeou, then Taipei mayor, visited Japan, his reception by Japanese lawmakers and media was, at times, chilly.

Ma's grilling by Diet members for being ''anti-Japanese'' dominated local headlines.

This week, however, as Ma of Taiwan's opposition Nationalist Party wrapped up another three-day visit to Japan on Friday, he seemed to win converts among Japanese powerbrokers.

Of the many signs Tokyo is warming to Ma, a secret meeting between the KMT frontrunner and ''multiple Japanese government officials'' Thursday ranks as a first, a source in Ma's entourage told Kyodo News.

That Tokyo...

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