Her remarks drew furious responses from the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Chinese consular officials in Japan, and prompted the Chinese government to issue an advisory against travel to Japan, halt Japanese seafood imports, cancel youth exchange programs and concerts by Japanese performers, and step up coast guard patrols around the disputed Senkaku Islands (known as the Diaoyu Islands in China).
søndag 7. desember 2025
NETIZEN VOICES: AS SINO-JAPANESE TENSIONS RISE, “TOURISM IS TREATED LIKE A CHAMBERPOT, A DISPOSABLE TOOL”
The diplomatic crisis between China and Japan continues to intensify, following Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s affirmation last month of Japan’s willingness to defend Taiwan in the event of Chinese naval blockade of the island, a situation she described as a “survival-threatening situation” for Japan. Takaichi’s comments, made in response to a question from an opposition legislator in the Japanese Diet, were a marked departure from the Japanese government’s long-standing doctrine of “strategic ambiguity” regarding a potential conflict over Taiwan.
Her remarks drew furious responses from the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Chinese consular officials in Japan, and prompted the Chinese government to issue an advisory against travel to Japan, halt Japanese seafood imports, cancel youth exchange programs and concerts by Japanese performers, and step up coast guard patrols around the disputed Senkaku Islands (known as the Diaoyu Islands in China).
Her remarks drew furious responses from the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Chinese consular officials in Japan, and prompted the Chinese government to issue an advisory against travel to Japan, halt Japanese seafood imports, cancel youth exchange programs and concerts by Japanese performers, and step up coast guard patrols around the disputed Senkaku Islands (known as the Diaoyu Islands in China).
