Overview
- Japanese Communist Party secretary-general Akira Koike demanded that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi retract her Diet answer on a Taiwan contingency, calling it dangerously irresponsible and harmful to Japan–China relations.
- Wakayama Governor Izumi Miyazaki said China’s call for residents to refrain from visiting Japan has already triggered some cancellations in the prefecture and raised concern about tourism impacts.
- Shimonoseki’s mayor canceled a short-notice business trip to China that was scheduled for Nov. 18–20, citing changed circumstances around a planned Suzhou port seminar.
- Prime Minister Takaichi met Nippon Ishin co-leader Fumitake Fujita at the official residence on Nov. 17 and confirmed working to implement the coalition pledge to reduce House of Representatives seats.
- Nanjo Mayor Keishun Koja lost his post after a second no-confidence vote over sexual harassment, with the city scheduling a mayoral election for Dec. 14–21.