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The Danger of Japan and China’s Escalating Spat
PM Sanae Takaichi's stance on Taiwan could cause tensions with China to spiral out of hand, writes Kerry Brown.
China is turning to a well-used playbook to express its displeasure with Japan over a statement by its prime minister on Taiwan
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Taiwan's leader shows solidarity with Japan amid standoff with China by wielding a plateful of sushi
As China reportedly mulls a ban on Japanese seafood amid a standoff between the Asian neighbors, Taiwan's leader shows support for Tokyo, with his lunch.
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How Japan’s hypersonic railgun could deter China’s expanding naval ambitions
Japan is positioning its hypersonic electromagnetic railgun development as a strategic centerpiece, aiming to deter Chinese naval threats.
"Call me anytime" was the message Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said she received from U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday in their first phone call since Tokyo's leader sparked a major diplomatic bust-up with China.
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Tokyo crosses the red line: China warns of “extremely dangerous signal” after missile shipment
China has raised strong alarms after reports revealed that Japan carried out a missile export of domestically produced Patriot interceptors to the United States. Chinese analysts described the move as an “extremely dangerous signal”,
With Japan’s new leader refusing to back down from China’s show of force and claims on Taiwan, Xi Jinping picks up the phone to try to pry the U.S.-Japan alliance apart.
China urged the U.S. on Thursday to rein in Japan and prevent any "actions to revive militarism" in an editorial published by the newspaper of the ruling Communist Party, as a war of words with Tokyo grows over the Japanese prime minister's remarks on Taiwan.
It was a cheap diplomatic shot designed to drive a wedge between two of East Asia’s democracies. Japan-China relations are currently strained, and Beijing has its own territorial dispute with Tokyo over the Senkaku Islands — known as the Diaoyutai Islands (釣魚台) in Taiwan.
Beijing suggested it might reimpose a ban on seafood imports from Japan after warning its citizens to avoid travel there and postponing the releases of at least two Japanese movies.
Japan will likely lean more heavily on the US and its allies if China escalates economic pressure, as Tokyo seeks to navigate the fallout from Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remarks linking Taiwan’s security to its own.
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Trump conveyed concerns to PM Takaichi over Japan-China rift: source
TOKYO - U.S. President Donald Trump expressed concerns about the deepening rift between Japan and China over Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's comments on Taiwan during phone talks earlier this week, a Japanese government source said Thursday.
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