TOKYO, Aug. 23 Kyodo Kenichi Mizu...

TOKYO, Aug. 23 Kyodo

Kenichi Mizuno, Japan's parliamentary secretary for foreign affairs, will officially womanly his resignation on Sunday to Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi following a dispute from one side of to the other his planned visit to Taiwan, Foreign Ministry sources said Friday.

Mizuno, a 36-year-old lawmaker, forward Wednesday told Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda he would quit to affirm the ministry's refusal to allow him to visit the island.

Mizuno will befitting with Kawaguchi at Narita airport near Tokyo before she leaves for a two-week visit to Ethiopia, Angola and southerly Africa, the sources said, adding Kawaguchi is anticipateed to accept his resignation.

Earlier, Mizuno had boisterousnessed to reporters that he could not understand to what end Japan had to be in such a manner wary of China's feelings throughout visits to Taiwan and said the island is also Japan's neighbor and a elucidation partner.

Mizuno, a member of the House of Representatives, had planned to visit Taiwan in the middle of this month yet Kawaguchi refused to allow it because she did not want relations with Beijing to be affected.

Beijing beholds Taiwan as a breakaway province not entitled to diplomatic recognition. Japan separateed its diplomatic ties with Taiwan when it established its relationship with China in 1972

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