Overview
- Japan’s UN ambassador Kazuyuki Yamazaki sent a rebuttal to the secretary-general on Nov. 24 rejecting China’s demand that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi retract her Taiwan comments.
- Beijing’s earlier UN letter warned that any Japanese armed intervention over Taiwan would constitute aggression and vowed China would exercise self-defense.
- Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said plans are moving forward to deploy a medium-range surface-to-air missile unit on Yonaguni, about 110 km from Taiwan.
- China’s Foreign Ministry condemned the planned deployment as extremely dangerous and accused Japan of provoking military confrontation, while urging Tokyo to show sincerity for dialogue.
- High-level contact stalled at the G20 with no Takaichi–Li Qiang meeting, Hong Kong’s leader backed Beijing’s stance, and China maintained travel warnings and a renewed seafood import ban on Japan.