Overview

• China's foreign ministry announced the sanctions on Sept 8, freezing any property he holds in the country and barring related transactions or cooperation by Chinese entities.
• The measures include visa denials and entry bans for Seki and his family to mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau.
• Beijing accuses Seki of long spreading fallacies on Taiwan, the Diaoyu/Senkaku islands, history, Xinjiang, Tibet and Hong Kong, saying he interfered in internal affairs and harmed sovereignty.
• Seki, a China-born naturalised Japanese politician who won a July Upper House seat with the Japan Innovation Party, campaigned on China policy, immigration and national sovereignty.
• He wrote on X that he has no assets in China and no intention of visiting, calling the sanctions a farce, while Reuters said he did not immediately respond to its request for comment.