Overview

• China's foreign ministry announced asset freezes, a ban on related transactions, and entry restrictions covering mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau for Seki Hei.
• Tokyo filed a diplomatic protest and called the move absolutely unacceptable, saying it appears intended to intimidate those with differing views.
• Seki said he holds no assets in China and has no plans to visit, dismissing the sanctions as a farce.
• The action is reported as the first formal Chinese sanction targeting a Japanese parliamentarian for political speech.
• Beijing accuses Seki, a newly elected Upper House member from the Japan Innovation Party, of spreading fallacies on Taiwan, the Diaoyu Islands, history, Xinjiang, Tibet and Hong Kong.