China’s bid to pressure Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi following remarks about a Taiwan crisis has fallen flat, with the LDP’s stunning election victory giving her the political capital to confront Beijing on her terms. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/10/japan/politics/china-japan-relations-election/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #china #chinajapanrelations #2026lowerhouseelection #sanaetakaichi #xijinping #us #donaldtrump #taiwan
Chinese military flights that crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait in January fell to their lowest since Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te took office, an indication Beijing is tweaking its training focus. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/10/asia-pacific/politics/china-flights-taiwan-training-shift/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #taiwan #china #defense #laichingte #xijinping
Trump’s record of reversals, hostility to institutional constraints and indifference to sacrifice convinces adversaries and allies alike that U.S. commitments will not hold. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/02/09/world/trump-kills-american-deterrence/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #donaldtrump #usdefense #tariffs #ukraine #china #indopacific #taiwan #elbridgecolby #cia #xijinping #nato #afghanistan #denmark #greenland #vladimirputin #russia
U.S. President Donald Trump has again broken with tradition, offering his “total endorsement” of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in Sunday’s election and announcing the pair's planned meeting in Washington on March 19. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/06/japan/politics/trump-takaichi-endorsement/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #2026lowerhouseelection #sanaetakaichi #donaldtrump #china #xijinping #us #usjapanrelations #chinajapanrelations #ldp
Trump, Xi discuss Taiwan and soybeans in call aimed at easing China, U.S. relations https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/05/world/politics/trump-xi-taiwan-soybeans-call-china-us/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #china #xijinping #us #donaldtrump #taiwan
China's President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin both hailed their ties during a video call held in the run-up to the fourth anniversary of Moscow's war in Ukraine. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/04/world/xi-putin-ties/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #russia #china #vladimirputin #xijinping
The new opposition centrist force that was supposed to upend Japan’s political calculus isn’t gaining any ground. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/02/04/japan/how-unpredictable-is-the-snap-election/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #ldp #cdp #komeito #cra #dpp #sanseito #jip #china #us #indopacific #eastasia #senkakus #xijinping #sanaetakaichi #2026lowerhouseelection #nipponishinnokai #diet
Japan’s Feb. 8 snap election is less about short-term politics than a pivotal choice among competing coalition paths that will determine whether the country can adapt its domestic politics to shifting voter behavior. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/02/03/japan/where-japan-goes-from-here/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #ldp #jip #cdp #komeito #cra #dpp #sanseito #china #unitedstates #indopacific #eastasia #senkakuislands #xijinping #sanaetakaichi #2026lowerhouseelection
Japan’s fading global profile highlights a deeper diplomatic decline and raises questions about whether Takaichi or Japan’s next leader can restore influence in a shifting world. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/01/30/japan/japans-diminishing-relevance/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #worldeconomicforum #davos #markcarney #canada #southkorea #us #donaldtrump #xijinping #g7 #canada #shigeruishiba #ukraine #sanaetakaichi #shinzoabe #russia #china #iran #northkorea #ukraine #greenland #asean
Britain’s Keir Starmer told China’s Xi Jinping that he wanted to build a "sophisticated relationship" to boost growth and security, signalling a breakthrough in ties. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/29/world/politics/uk-starmer-jinping-meet-china/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #uk #keirstarmer #china #xijinping
When U.S. President Donald Trump took office a year ago, many saw trouble for China's sluggish economy, but Beijing has thawed frosty relationships with other trade partners to post a record trade surplus. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/28/asia-pacific/politics/trump-presidency-china-pivot/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #china #xijinping #uk #keirstarmer #markcarney #canada #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #republicans
Britain’s Keir Starmer is in China this week, marking the first visit by a U.K. prime minister in eight years and hailed by Beijing as a potential “new chapter” in relations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/28/world/politics/uk-ties-china-explainer/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #keirstarmer #xijinping #china #uk
South Korea is on track to overtake Japan as the top destination for Chinese travelers during the upcoming holiday for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/27/economy/china-japan-tourism-south-korea/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #china #chinajapanrelations #tourism #southkorea #sanaetakaichi #leejaemyung #xijinping
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has said the Japan-U.S. alliance would collapse if Tokyo did nothing in the event U.S. forces were attacked during an emergency involving the evacuation of the allies’ citizens from Taiwan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/27/japan/politics/japan-takaichi-taiwan-us-alliance/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #usjapanrelations #taiwan #us #usmilitary #pla #china #sanaetakaichi #xijinping
The true reasons behind the downfall of China’s most senior military officer may never be known — but the move has raised questions about Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s aims and his designs on democratic Taiwan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/26/asia-pacific/china-military-purge-xi-analysis/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #china #pla #taiwan #xijinping
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A good visualiser of who is now in charge of the PLA after the purge of vice chairman General Zhang Youxia.
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2026/01/25/2003851179
A good visualiser of who is now in charge of the PLA after the purge of vice chairman General Zhang Youxia.
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2026/01/25/2003851179
China said Saturday that its highest-ranked uniformed military officer was under investigation for “suspected serious discipline and law violations,” a term often used to refer to corruption. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/24/asia-pacific/china-corruption-cmc-zhang-youxia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #china #pla #corruption #xijinping #defense
Canada's Mark Carney warns that a belligerent, unconstrained United States under Trump has shattered the rules-based world order, forcing middle powers like Japan and Canada to act together to defend multilateralism. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/01/23/world/carney-the-unlikely-hinge-of-world-in-transition/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #markcarney #canada #us #donaldtrump #worldeconomicforum #greenland #denmark #nato #china #xijinping #davos
China’s ancient strategy of fracturing coalitions through bilateral inducements is reappearing in its courtship of Canada, offering short-term relief while undermining collective resistance against a domineering Beijing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/01/22/world/carney-doctrine-and-beijings-embrace/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #china #canada #trade #xijinping #markcarney #canadachinarelations #canadausrelations