Overview
- The U.S. approved a $330 million equipment package for Taiwan on Nov. 13, reported to include fighter-jet parts and described as the first under the second Trump administration.
- In Diet testimony, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said a Taiwan contingency could meet Japan’s legal threshold for a “crisis of survival.”
- China summoned Japan’s ambassador to protest the remark and labeled the comments “extremely malicious,” according to reports.
- Chinese authorities urged people to refrain from traveling to Japan in response, with local coverage noting possible tourism impacts in Hokkaido.
- Opposition leader Yoshihiko Noda called the prime minister’s answer “quite reckless,” arguing it has pushed Japan–China relations into a very difficult phase.