Taipei, Aug. 25 -- Taiwan's National Immigration Agency (NIA) has deported a Japanese social media influencer after he appeared in a controversial TikTok video declaring that "Taiwan belongs to China," according to a Focus Taiwan report.

According to Focus Taiwan, the video filmed on August 18 at the iconic Ximending LGBTQ Rainbow landmark in Taipei showed two Japanese nationals, one identifying himself as Aira Todomi and the other as 42-year-old Hiroyuki Tanaka. In the clip, both men unfurled the flag of the People's Republic of China (PRC) while professing their "deep love for China". It was Tanaka's remark on Taiwan's sovereignty that triggered the backlash.

The NIA stated that the video violated Item 13 of Article 18 of Taiwan's Imm...