Tsai, Abe's mother enjoy NHK concert in Taipei

Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) attended a performance of the NHK Symphony Orchestra in Taipei on Friday, along with Yoko Abe, the mother of Japan's Premier Shinzo Abe -- in what is widely seen as Tsai and Premier Abe's affirmation of the importance they place in building closer ties between their governments.

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