Japan ruling party's senior member supports Taiwan's CPTPP bid

A visiting senior member of Japan's ruling party on Sunday expressed his support for Taiwan's bid to join a Tokyo-led trade bloc, but raised concerns over the nation's partial ban on some Japanese food imports, calling for its removal as soon as possible.

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