Overview
- Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong summoned Ambassador Kenji Kanasugi in Beijing and pressed for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to withdraw her comments, warning Japan would bear all consequences if it does not.
- Foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian said any Japanese military move in the Taiwan Strait would constitute aggression and vowed China would strike back forcefully.
- Takaichi told parliament a Chinese attack on Taiwan could qualify as a survival‑threatening situation permitting limited collective self‑defence, later calling the scenario hypothetical and declining to retract.
- Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said Japan’s position on Taiwan is unchanged and consistent with the 1972 Japan‑China Joint Communique, while urging a peaceful resolution and stability in the strait.
- Tokyo lodged a protest over Osaka Consul General Xue Jian’s now‑deleted social‑media post threatening to “cut off” the prime minister’s neck, as ruling‑party figures pressed for possible punitive steps.