Overview
- Wang Yi delivered the criticism on December 30 at a symposium in Beijing, and the Chinese Foreign Ministry published his remarks as an official statement.
- He cited Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's comments about a Taiwan contingency as the basis for asserting that a sitting Japanese leader had openly challenged China's sovereignty.
- Wang warned against a resurgence of Japanese militarism and argued that Japan failed to reflect on wartime crimes, saying it challenged the postwar international order.
- Hokkaido Shimbun Digital and Jiji Press reported the rebuke, underscoring that the remarks targeted the current Japanese administration.
- The reports did not include an official response from the Japanese government to the Chinese foreign minister's statement.