The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force 8th Division is responsible for the defense of southern Kyushu and disaster relief ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) called for Taiwan’s inclusion in the UN system in a Newsmax opinion article published on Sunday. China’s deliberate misinterpretation of UN ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan’s Cabinet will launch a birth subsidy program on Jan. 1, providing NT$100,000 (US$3,300) per newborn to address the country’s falling birthrate. The plan, announced ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The Central Weather Administration has issued land and sea warnings for Typhoon Ragasa, prompting parts of Pingtung County, Hualien County, and Taitung County to announce ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Individuals earning NT$620,000 (US$20,000) or less annually will be exempt from income tax beginning with the May 2026 filing season. President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) announced on ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan faces a looming retirement crisis, with two massive retirement waves set to shrink the workforce by 6.67 million amid low birth rates, weak senior labor participation, ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan must increase war reserves to sustain combat power during a conflict, Lieutenant General Huang Wen-chi (黃文啓), director of the defense ministry’s Department of Strategic ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan is already producing Strong Bow missiles, Li Shih-chang (李世強), director of the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology, said on Wednesday. NCSIST’s ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Traveling between Taipei and Taichung will become more convenient as Taiwan Railway Corp. adds four daily EMU3000 express trains starting Oct. 1. The move aims to boost ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Tuesday that Taiwan will contribute NT$90 million (US$3 million) over three years to the Pacific Resilience Facility. The 54th Pacific ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Two tropical depressions approaching Taiwan could strengthen into typhoons, the Central Weather Administration said Wednesday. Tropical Depression 20 is expected to approach ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Czech Senate Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Pavel Fischer met KMT Legislator Wan Mei-ling (萬美玲) in Taipei on Wednesday, urging stronger ties between the two countries. Fischer, ...