Japan supports Taiwan's World Health Assembly bid

Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono expressed support on Wednesday for Taiwan's participation in the World Health Assembly, risking China's anger.It marks the first time for Japan to publicly support Taiwan's bid to attend the annual meeting of the WHA, the decision-making body of the World Health Organization, which this year is scheduled to take place in Geneva from May 20 to 28.Kono wrote on his Japanese Twitter account that it is essential to strengthen the response to the global public health crisis and to prevent the occurrence of geographical gaps in infectious disease control, for e…READ FULL ARTICLE