Overview
- China’s Foreign Ministry urged citizens to avoid trips to Japan, citing a deteriorated environment and risks to Chinese nationals.
- Beijing warned that any Japanese military role in a Taiwan conflict would face a “head‑on and severe blow,” with the Defense Ministry vowing a “crushing defeat.”
- Both governments summoned each other’s ambassadors, as Tokyo protested a deleted post by China’s Osaka consul that was widely read as a threat against Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.
- Takaichi told parliament that Chinese use of force around Taiwan could create a survival‑threatening situation allowing collective self‑defense, and she has not retracted the remarks, describing them as hypothetical.
- Japan says its policy on Taiwan is unchanged and stresses a peaceful resolution, while the dispute threatens tourism and broader ties given the heavy flow of Chinese visitors to Japan this year.