Overview
- Beijing said it lodged solemn representations with Tokyo after LDP executive Koichi Hagiuda met President Lai Ching-te in Taipei.
- Taiwan’s Presidential Office said Hagiuda and Lai agreed to strengthen ties, with focus areas including economic security and high‑tech industries such as semiconductors.
- Hagiuda serves as the LDP’s acting secretary‑general and as secretary‑general of the Japan‑ROC Diet Members’ Consultative Council, which promotes parliamentary exchanges.
- Separate Japanese delegations featuring former justice minister Keisuke Suzuki and lawmakers Akihisa Nagashima and Junichi Kanda met Lai and stressed deterrence and preserving the status quo across the Taiwan Strait.
- Taiwan’s foreign ministry reported multiple ongoing visits and said as many as 30 Japanese lawmakers plan trips in late December and early 2026, signaling sustained engagement.