Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remarks about a Taiwan emergency have caused a stir. Here’s a look at why — and what Japan’s role could be in such a crisis. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/03/japan/explainer/explainer-japan-existential-crisis/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #explainer #taiwan #china #chinajapanrelations #taiwanjapanrelations #us #sdf #defense #sanaetakaichi
The dispute between China and Japan could drag on for a year, Taiwanese Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung has said in an interview, adding that Taipei hopes the two sides can find a way to resolve their differences. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/02/japan/politics/taiwan-minister-china-japan-spat/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #taiwanjapanrelations #chinajapanrelations #linchialung
Duty-free sales at retailer Matsuya’s flagship Ginza stores fell about 15% last month from a year earlier, marking the first sign that Japan’s retail sector is being hit by geopolitical tensions with China. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/01/china-travel-warning-matsuya-ginza/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #matsuya #chinajapanrelations #consumerspending
Takayuki Kobayashi said in a television program on Sunday that Japan should work on making its economic structure self-reliant, advocating for breaking away from dependence on China. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/30/japan/politics/japans-economic-independence-from-china/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #takayukikobayashi #chinajapanrelations #japaneseeconomy #chineseeconomy #trade #ldp #sanaetakaichi #taiwan
A Japanese anime event that kicked off in Shanghai on Friday with a three-day schedule was canceled following an incident where a Japanese singer's performance was forcibly interrupted at the event venue. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/29/japan/shanghai-japan-anime-event-cancel/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #chinajapanrelations #sanaetakaichi #anime #shanghai
A record 76% of people in Japan believe it is important to promote relations with South Korea, preliminary results from a survey showed on Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/28/japan/japan-south-korea-positive-value/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #surveys #southkoreajapanrelations #usjapanrelations #chinajapanrelations #southkorea #us #china
Rising tensions with China may shave about 0.2 percentage point off Japan’s GDP growth if tourism and the export of consumer goods to its neighbor decline, according to economists at Goldman Sachs Group. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/28/economy/china-spat-weighing-on-japan-gdp/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #chinajapanrelations #china #tourism #gdp
Top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi used a call with his French counterpart to push for diplomatic backing amid Beijing's spat with Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/28/asia-pacific/politics/china-france-support-japan-feud/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #china #france #chinajapanrelations #wangyi #sanaetakaichi
An escalating spat between Japan and China over remarks about Taiwan by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is threatening to derail what was set to be a breakout year for anime in the world’s second-largest cinema market. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/27/japan/china-anime-damage/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #chinajapanrelations #sanaetakaichi #taiwan #anime #japanesefilm #demonslayer #studioghibli #sony
U.S. President Donald Trump called Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi this week and advised her not to provoke Beijing on the question of Taiwan's sovereignty. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/27/japan/politics/trump-advice-japan-provocation-taiwan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #us #china #taiwan #donaldtrump #sanaetakaichi #xijinping #chinajapanrelations
Sanae Takaichi has hinted in parliament that she didn’t initially intend to refer to a specific case that Japan could consider a “survival-threatening situation,” potentially allowing it to deploy its military. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/26/japan/politics/party-leaders-diet-debate-taiwan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #diet #sanaetakaichi #yoshihikonoda #ldp #cdp #china #taiwan #chinajapanrelations #japaneseeconomy #nuclearweapons
Beijing’s blatant misrepresentations of reality are rooted in Marxist-Leninist ideology. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/11/26/japan/china-and-its-inverted-world/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #chinesecommunistparty #china #chinajapanrelations #sanetakaichi
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi does not need to "back off" despite tensions between Japan and China following her remarks over Taiwan, said Kenneth Weinstein, Japan chair at the U.S. think tank Hudson Institute. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/25/japan/politics/takaichi-us-think-tank-chair-interview/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #us #china #chinajapanrelations #taiwan #sanaetakaichi
The Chinese government has instructed the country’s airlines to reduce the number of flights to Japan through March 2026, signaling Beijing is braced for a protracted spat between the two nations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/25/japan/china-flight-cuts-extension/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #china #chinajapanrelations #taiwan #sanaetakaichi #airlines #aviation #tourism
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung says his country needs to calmly watch rising Japan-China tensions stemming from Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remark over Taiwan and do its best to maximize its national interest. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/25/japan/politics/south-korea-lee-comments-japan-taiwan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #southkoreajapanrelations #chinajapanrelations #leejaemyung #sanaetakaichi #taiwan
Xi Jinping told Donald Trump that Taiwan's "return to China" is an “integral part” of the global order, as Beijing and Tokyo are locked in a clash over hints Japan could intervene militarily in a crisis over the island. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/25/asia-pacific/politics/trump-xi-taiwan-china-us-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #xijinping #donaldtrump #taiwan #china #us #uschinarelations #chinajapanrelations #sanaetakaichi
Hong Kong leader John Lee says his government supports China’s diplomatic policy toward Japan in the first comments by an official of the territory in relation to Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remarks on Taiwan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/24/japan/politics/hong-kong-leader-comments-on-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #hongkong #chinajapanrelations #china #taiwan #tourism
Despite recent travel warnings from Beijing and Hong Kong authorities, interest among people in Hong Kong in visiting Japan remains strong, with no significant cancellations of group tours reported. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/24/japan/hong-kong-people-japan-travel/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #hongkong #chinajapanrelations #china #tourism
China is stepping up its campaign to win the international community’s support for its criticism of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s recent remarks on a potential contingency over Taiwan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/24/japan/politics/china-international-campaign-against-takaichi/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #chinajapanrelations #china #southkorea
The government of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi plans to accelerate efforts to strengthen defense capabilities in the country's strategically important Nansei southwestern region. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/24/japan/japan-nansei-islands-defense/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #okinawa #chinajapanrelations #china #taiwan #defense #yonaguni