The (), formerly known as Interchange Association, is an organization that represents the interests of

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Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

. In 2017, the current name was adopted. Its counterpart in Japan is the

Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Japan Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Japan (TECO; , Japanese 台北駐日経済文化代表処 Taihoku Zainichi Keizai Bunka Daihyou Sho) represents the interests of Taiwan in Japan, functioning as a ''de facto'' embassy in the ...

, formerly the office of the

Association of East Asian Relations Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Japan (TECO; , Japanese 台北駐日経済文化代表処 Taihoku Zainichi Keizai Bunka Daihyou Sho) represents the interests of Taiwan in Japan, functioning as a ''de facto'' embassy in the ...

(1972-1992). It has offices in

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, in

Taipei Taipei (), officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about southwest of the n ...

and in

Kaohsiung Kaohsiung City (Mandarin Chinese: ; Wade–Giles: ''Kao¹-hsiung²;'' Pinyin: ''Gāoxióng'') is a special municipality located in southern Taiwan. It ranges from the coastal urban center to the rural Yushan Range with an area of . Kaohsi ...

. The Taipei office, located at 28 Ching Cheng Street, functions as the ''de facto'' embassy in Taiwan and houses the Japanese Cultural Center. The Kaohsiung office similarly functions as a ''de facto'' consulate-general.The International Law of Recognition and the Status of the Republic of China
Hungdah Chiu in ''The United States and the Republic of China: Democratic Friends, Strategic Allies, and Economic Partners'', Steven W. Mosher, Transaction Publishers, 1992, page 24 The headquarters in Tokyo works to connect the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Taipei office.

History

The establishment of diplomatic relations with the

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in 1972 required termination of diplomatic relations with the

Republic of China Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast ...

, and abrogation of the Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty. The Association was established in the same year, and approved by the

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and the

Ministry of International Trade and Industry The was a ministry of the Government of Japan from 1949 to 2001. The MITI was one of the most powerful government agencies in Japan and, at the height of its influence, effectively ran much of Japanese industrial policy, funding research and di ...

of Japan. It operated from the premises of the former Japanese Embassy. Its staff enjoy some diplomatic privileges as well as limited diplomatic immunity. The arrangements under which Japan maintained unofficial relations with Taiwan became known as the "Japanese formula". This was adopted by other countries, notably the

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in 1979. Following the renaming of the Association in 2017, the

of the

expressed its opposition to the new name, urging Japan to "refrain from sending false signals to Taiwan and the international community, thereby causing new problems to China-Japan relations".

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association

Foreign relations of Taiwan 1972 establishments in Japan 1972 establishments in Taiwan

Japan–Taiwan relations Non-profit organizations based in Japan

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