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The anti-Henoko "All Okinawa" camp's 12-year hold on the Okinawa governorship ended Sunday when former Naha Deputy Mayor Genta Koja unseated two-term incumbent Denny Tamaki in a six-candidate race.
Taipei, Sept. 15 (CNA) Chinese Taipei Gymnastics Association (CTGA) Secretary-General Chiang Chien-tung (江建東) has stepped down after unilaterally rejecting an invitation for two gymnasts to compete at next month's Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, the association said Tuesday.
Taipei, Sept. 15 (CNA) Labor Minister Hung Sun-han (洪申翰) said Tuesday that "equal participation and reciprocal dignity" would remain the guiding principles for Taiwan's participation in an upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) ministerial meeting in China.
Taipei, Sept. 15 (CNA) Police have offered a NT$1 million (US$31,400) reward for information leading to the arrest of Chang Chun-chieh (張俊傑), a former legislative aide who jumped bail earlier this month in a corruption case.
Taipei, Sept. 15 (CNA) A study by researchers at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU) has documented ongoing natural selection shaping disease susceptibility among Taiwan's contemporary population.
Taipei, Sept. 15 (CNA) Taiwan's flu epidemic continued to rise last week, with more than 130,000 outpatient and emergency visits for influenza-like illness recorded, and is expected to peak around the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said Tuesday.
Taipei, Sept. 15 (CNA) Over 60 percent of respondents to a survey expect housing prices in Taiwan to stabilize in the fourth quarter of this year, while the share who believe it will not be a good time to buy a home over the next two years fell, indicating improving sentiment toward the local housing market, Chinatrust Real Estate Co. said Tuesday.
Taichung, Sept. 15 (CNA) The Taichung District Court on Tuesday handed suspended sentences to two doctors who let unlicensed device vendors participate in surgeries at Taichung Veterans General Hospital (TVGH).
Taipei, Sept. 15 (CNA) Taiwan plans to allow road authorities to use health data to identify drivers who may no longer be medically fit to hold a license, the government said Tuesday.
Taipei, Sept. 15 (CNA) Shares in Taiwan closed lower Tuesday, led by the electronics sector amid worries over AI development after the heads of three U.S. AI giants -- Anthropic, OpenAI and xAI -- warned of risks and called for a slowdown in development, dealers said.
Taipei, Sept. 15 (CNA) Taiwan High Speed Rail Corp. (THSRC) said Tuesday that more than 1,000 people applied for 15 driver openings in the first phase of its largest-ever recruitment drive.
Taipei, Sept. 15 (CNA) The U.S. dollar rose sharply against the Taiwan dollar Tuesday, gaining NT$0.160 to close at NT$31.848.
Paris, Sept. 15 (CNA) The 29th Taiwan-France Cultural Award has been presented to Tamkang University's Wu Hsi-deh (吳錫德) and Victor Louzon, an assistant professor of history at Sorbonne University.
Taipei, Sept. 15 (CNA) The Micron Taiwan workers' union on Tuesday rejected a reward package unveiled by U.S.-based Micron Technology Inc. last week, saying it instead wants a long-term mechanism under which employees would share 15 percent of the company's operating profits.
Taipei, Sept. 15 (CNA) Taiwan ranked seventh globally in citizen participation in the Global State of Democracy 2026 report released Tuesday by the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA).
