High-ranking officials in Taiwan and Japan should hold direct dialogue to accelerate the formation of policies, the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) suggested Friday in a white paper. Kyota Kishimoto, a senior director of the JCCI in Taipei, said the higher the rank of officials involved in such direct dialogue, the better. In the annual white paper, the JCCI said that Taiwan and Japan have achieved some progress in establishing a platform for government-to-government dialogue through Taiwan-Japan economic and trade meetings organized by the Interchange Association of Japan (IAJ) and Taiwan's Association of East Asian Relations. The proposed direct dialogue would speed up policy formation, according to the white paper, which also urged Taiwan and Japan to sign agreements on tax and investment promotion as early as possible. The JCCI in Taipei, founded in 1971, is one of the main groups representing Japan in Taiwan, along with the IAJ and the Japanese Association in Taiwan. It represents 410 Japanese companies operating on the island in the manufacturing, financial, construction, trade and service sectors. 