Overview
- China’s coast guard said a formation led by vessel 1307 conducted a rights enforcement patrol inside the waters of the Japan-administered Senkaku, which China calls the Diaoyu.
- Taiwan’s defense ministry reported 30 Chinese military aircraft and seven navy ships operating around the island in the past 24 hours during a declared joint combat patrol.
- Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s November 7 remark that a Chinese attack on Taiwan could prompt a Japanese military response broke with Tokyo’s usual ambiguity.
- Beijing summoned Japan’s ambassador for the first time in more than two years, and China’s defense ministry warned any Japanese intervention would be doomed to fail.
- China issued a travel caution for Japan, and several Chinese airlines offered free refunds or changes for tickets to Japan as part of broader pressure measures.