Overview
- The ceremony in Nanjing lasted under half an hour with party official Shi Taifeng speaking, marking another year Xi Jinping did not attend in person.
- PLA Daily warned that actions by right‑wing figures in Tokyo risk imperiling regional stability, citing Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Nov. 7 Taiwan remarks.
- The PLA’s Eastern Theatre Command posted graphic anti‑Japan imagery on social media during the memorial day, reflecting harsher military messaging.
- China has pressed Tokyo through a diplomatic summons, a letter to the UN, a renewed seafood import ban, travel cautions and disruptions to cultural events, as Japan advised its citizens in China to be vigilant.
- Recent friction includes Japan’s plan to deploy a Type 03 missile system on Yonaguni and Tokyo’s protest over alleged Chinese radar locks on Japanese jets, a claim Beijing denies.