China's government is instructing travel agencies in the country to cut the number of group tours to Japan as the two countries' dispute following Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's remarks about Taiwan continues to fester. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/27/japan/china-curbs-group-tours-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #china #chinajapanrelations #taiwan #sanaetakaichi #tourism #airlines #flights #taiwan
As the Year of the Wood Snake promised subtlety and adaptation, the U.S., China and Japan instead delivered strategic blundering, authoritarian overreach and geopolitical instability. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/26/world/good-riddance-year-of-the-serpent/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #china #chinesezodiac #2025 #2026 #yearofthewoodsnake #yearofthefirehorse #indopacific #us #donaldtrump #xijinping #ishibashigeru #sanaetakaichi #usjapanrelations #chinajapanrelations #uschinarelations
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said the door to communications with China remains open and Tokyo’s goal of building a constructive, stable relationship with Beijing has been consistent through her two months in office. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/25/japan/politics/japan-pm-takaichi-china-communication-open/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #sanaetakaichi #chinajapanrelations #japaneseeconomy
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is considering visiting the United States in March to hold talks with U.S. President Donald Trump, sources have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/25/japan/politics/japan-takaichi-us-visit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #sanaetakaichi #donaldtrump #usjapanrelations #chinajapanrelations
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's refusal to yield to China’s demands over Taiwan remarks represents a rare pushback against decades of Beijing's rule-breaking and impunity. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/24/japan/china-believed-there-would-be-no-pushback/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #china #chinajapanrelations #sanaetakaichi #defense #taiwan #covid19
A wave of visits to Taiwan by Japanese lawmakers is underway, underscoring the close ties between Tokyo and Taipei and drawing a sharp response from Beijing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/24/japan/politics/japan-lawmakers-visit-taiwan-china-anger/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #koichihagiuda #china #taiwan #chinajapanrelations #taiwanjapanrelations #sanaetakaichi #laichingte #ldp
In a draft resolution, a bipartisan group of U.S. representatives blasted China’s coercion against Japan and urged Trump to work with Pacific allies to counter Beijing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/23/japan/politics/us-condemnation-china-draft-resolution/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #us #china #taiwan #sanaetakaichi #usjapanrelations #chinajapanrelations
The standoff between China and Japan threatens to exacerbate a seasonally weak period for Chinese airlines and make it harder for them to post their first annual profits in six years. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/23/companies/china-airlines-profit-return-dim/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #china #chinajapanrelations #sanaetakaichi #taiwan #airlines
Koichi Hagiuda, deputy secretary-general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te on Monday agreed to strengthen Japan-Taiwan relations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/23/japan/politics/japan-ldp-exec-taiwan-president-meet/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #koichihagiuda #laichingte #taiwanjapanrelations #ldp #chinajapanrelations
Beijing’s expansion of export controls on rare earth elements could redefine global production. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/23/world/china-weaponized-rare-earths/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #rareearths #supplychains #china #trade #defense #chinajapanrelations #chineseeconomy #japaneseeconomy #globaleconomy
Tokyo and its partners must show solidarity in response to bad faith Chinese behavior any time it occurs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/23/japan/chinas-recklessness-risks-japan-security-crisis/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #china #chinajapanrelations #us #defense #sdf #pla #southchinasea #eastchinasea
Lawmakers of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party continue to visit Taiwan despite the current tensions between Japan and China. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/22/japan/politics/japan-ldp-lawmakers-taiwan-visit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #taiwanjapanrelations #chinajapanrelations #ldp #koichihagiuda #sanaetakaichi
Japan must create strategic conditions in which the U.S. cannot abandon the Indo-Pacific without abandoning its own core interests. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/18/world/tokyos-musashi-moment/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #us #japan #usjapanrelations #chinajapanrelations #indopacificdefense
Chinese visitor numbers increased on year and fell in November on month as Beijing discouraged travel to Japan following comments from Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi regarding Taiwan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/17/nov-tourism-numbers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tourism #chinajapanrelations #china
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has said she is "always open" to dialogue with China despite a diplomatic row between Tokyo and Beijing over comments she made about Taiwan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/17/japan/politics/takaichi-china-dialogue/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #tourism #chinajapanrelations #china #sanaetakaichi
Panda fans are braving hourslong lines at Ueno Zoological Gardens in Tokyo to catch one last glimpse of Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei ahead of their return to China in January. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/16/japan/ueno-zoo-pandas/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #chinajapanrelations #china #pandas #ueno #tokyo #animals #zoos #uenozoo
Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei, the two remaining pandas in Japan, are expected to be returned to China by the end of January amid heightened tensions between the two countries. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/15/japan/japan-pandas-china/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #chinajapanrelations #china #pandas #ueno #tokyo
China announced countermeasures against the former chief of staff of Japan's Self-Defense Forces as tensions between the neighboring countries continue to simmer. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/15/japan/china-sanctions-sdf-official/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #chinajapanrelations #china #sdf #taiwan #sanaetakaichi
“Politics and daily life in Japan are very separate” — Chinese expats recount their parenting challenges and the conversations on identity they’ve had with their Japan-raised children. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2025/12/15/issues/chinese-children-raised-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #community #issues #expats #immigration #china #chinajapanrelations #mixedrelationships #elementaryschools #juniorhighschools #highschools
As military tensions between China and Japan reach the highest level in more than a decade, the sparsely populated island of Yonaguni finds itself right on the front lines. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/13/japan/japan-missile-archipelago/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #us #china #chinajapanrelations #defense #taiwan #sanaetakaichi