Taipei, July 31 (CNA) Internet of Things (IoT) technology has the potential to initiate the fourth industrial revolution and Taiwan and Japan should cooperate in IoT industries to benefit each other, Former President Lee Teng-hui (李登輝) said Sunday in Ishigaki, Japan. Japan has advanced IoT technology and Taiwan can contribute to the industrialization of related services and technology which could expand to the whole world, Lee said in a speech. Combining Japanese companies' strengths in research and development and Taiwan's manufacturing, the two countries could dominate the global market; Taiwan could increase the number of workers employed and raise its economic growth to 3 to 4 percent annually, said Lee. A dialogue on the topic between Lee and Koichi Hamada, a professor emeritus of Economics at Yale University and advisor to Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, was published in Japanese titled "The IoT Alliance between Japan and Taiwan" one month ago. In his speech, titled "On a New Model of Taiwan-Japan Exchanges from the Perspective of the Historical Development of Ishigaki Island," Lee also traced the immigration history of Taiwanese farmers to Ishigaki, some 250 kilometers east of Taiwan, and other islands in the Yaeyama archipelago. Taiwanese immigrants, who brought water buffaloes and agricultural technology to develop the pineapple industry in the new land, demonstrated a model of successful interaction between the two countries, said Lee. Lee was invited by Japan's national association of young mayors. The former president, traveling with his wife and family members, arrived in Ishigaki on Saturday and planned to return to Taiwan on Aug. 3. This marked Lee's eighth visit to Japan since he stepped down as president in 2000. He visited Naha, the capital of Okinawa, in 2008, but this was his first visit to Ishigaki. (By Lu Hsin-hui and Kuo Chung-han) Enditem/ke
The IoT could start the fourth industrial revolution and Japan and Taiwan should work together on IoT technology for mutual benefit, according to Taiwan's former president Lee Teng-hui. In a speech, Lee noted that Japan's strengths in R&D combined with Taiwan's manufacturing could see the two countries dominate the world market and boost Taiwan's economic growth to between 3% and 4% annually. Lee, who was elected President of Taiwan by popular vote last year, said he would like to visit China as soon as possible so that they can discuss ways to jointly develop technologies such as artificial intelligence (A@@