Taipei, Nov. 11 (CNA) Former Vice President Lien Chan departed for Japan Thursday to attend this year’s leadership summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum on behalf of President Ma Ying-jeou.

Japanese whalers have sliced in half a high-tech anti-whaling boat in a dramatic escalation of the annual battle between the whaling fleet and environmental activists The $1.5 million, 79 foot long ’stealth’ boat Ady Gil sank after the...