President Tsai Ing-wen met with National Federation of Japan-Taiwan Friendship Associations Chairman Takao Fujii and his wife on the morning of December 5. The president expressed hope for Chairman Fujii's continued support for Taiwan as well as Japan's recommendation for Taiwan's inclusion in the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), and the joint promotion of economic cooperation by Taiwan's and Japan's enterprises in third countries.