Overview
- Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said on November 10 that Japan lodged a strong protest with China and called the consul’s language “extremely inappropriate.”
- The November 8 X post cited coverage of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Diet remark that a Taiwan contingency could threaten Japan’s existence, then added a violent threat and the line “Are you prepared?”
- Officials said the Foreign Ministry and Japan’s embassy in China demanded prompt deletion of the post, which media reported was subsequently removed.
- After the deletion, the consul posted again on November 9 attacking the idea that “Taiwan’s contingency is Japan’s contingency,” and Japan requested that this post be removed as well.
- Kihara said Japan issued protests in both Tokyo and Beijing and would seek a clear explanation, and media noted no official Chinese response in the coverage.