Taiwan deports Japanese man for declaring island belongs to China

Taiwan on Monday deported a Japanese man and barred his re-entry after he and another compatriot filmed a video waving mainland China's national flag and declaring "Taiwan belongs to China," the island's immigration agency said. The video, filmed in Taipei's bustling Ximending district, showed the two men using a microphone to voice support for Beijing, which claims Taiwan as its territory, in both Mandarin and Japanese, while trying to draw the attention of passersby. The footage, in which they expressed their love for the mainland, was shared on Chinese social media platforms over the weekend, including the microblogging site Weibo.