Japanese councilor says trip will prove Taiwan’s statehoodBy Jason Pan / Staff reporter, with CNAJapanese Councilor Hei Seki (石平) on Wednesday said that he plans to visit Taiwan, saying that would “prove that Taiwan is an independent country and does not belong to China.”Seki, a member of the Japan Innovation Party, was born in Chengdu in China’s Sichuan Province and became a naturalized Japanese in 2007. Seki wrote on X that he intends to visit Taiwan early this year. Japanese Councilor Hei Seki is pictured in Tokyo on Nov. 20. Other books that Seki wrote focused on the history of massacres in China and his reasons for denouncing the CCP. The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in September announced sanctions targeting Seki, banning him from entering China, including Hong Kong and Macau.

Source: Taipei Times January 03, 2026 18:00 UTC