donations from Taiwanese people ranked first in the world, and Japanese public opinion was very grateful for this. Many TV and news programs have continued to mention this matter for many years; Taiwan and Japan have sports competitions, especially baseball games, and sometimes Japanese team games. Afterwards, all members bowed to the Taiwan team and the audience to express their gratitude. Since 2012, Shinzo Abe has repeatedly thanked Taiwanese society for assistance as a Japanese leader. In addition, according to Taiwan media reports, Abe's 94-year-old mother,
Yoko Abe, has attended the "Double Tenth National Day" event of the Illustrator Artwork Taiwan Representative Office in Japan for four consecutive years. Yoko Abe also visited Taiwan and attended a concert with President Tsai Ing-wen. Japanese mourners in Nara, 9 Jul 22 Photo Credit: EPA / BBC News Hong Kong international relations scholar Shen Xuhui believes that Abe is Japan's most pro-Taiwan prime minister after the war, and a prime minister with strong influence, "with the right to set issues"; at the civil level, Abe has continued to promote Japan-Taiwan friendship and deepen economic relations; "Taiwan is the same as Japan, and the US-Japan alliance is the same." This statement has fundamentally reversed the vague policy of the United States and Japan towards Taiwan. "In Japan, apart from Abe,
no other political heavyweight dares to speak up, and if he speaks, it will not be effective," he said. Mr. Chen from Taichung, Taiwan, along with relatives and friends, sent a commemorative flower basket to the Japan Association in Taiwan to mourn Abe. He told the BBC that the flower presentation "is a reward for the leaders of major countries who sincerely care about Taiwan." Another citizen, Hally Chen, wrote on Facebook that so many Taiwanese feel that they owe Abe a favor because few Japanese prime ministers in the past have particularly cared about Taiwan, "Actually, even if Abe is the same as his predecessors, Taiwan People will not be sad either. Internationally, we are used to being alone and lonely. But Abe is not. He is the Japanese Prime Minister who has tied the safety of Taiwan with the security of his own country with practical actions.”