Koichi Hagiuda, policy chief of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, said Wednesday his party will actively strengthen exchanges and cooperation with Taiwan as he met the island's leader Tsai Ing-wen in Taipei.Taiwan is "a very important partner" of Japan, Hagiuda said during the meeting at Tsai's office, saying the two sides share universal values and have close economic relations and frequent personnel exchanges.Thanking Japan for supporting the self-ruled democratic island, Tsai noted Tokyo has repeatedly drawn the attention of the international community to the importance of peace a…READ FULL ARTICLE