Overview
- China’s foreign ministry urged citizens to avoid travel to Japan and told Chinese residents there to heighten security awareness, citing a worsened interpersonal atmosphere and serious risks to personal safety.
- The advisory followed Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Diet remarks on a Taiwan contingency that went beyond prior government language, prompting Beijing to summon Japan’s ambassador and sparking reciprocal protests.
- Liberal Democratic Party policy chief Takanobu Kobayashi called for a calm response and continued dialogue to keep Japan–China relations constructive and stable.
- Taiwan’s Presidential Office condemned China’s advisory as politically motivated intimidation aimed at Japan and warned it undercuts regional stability.
- Separately, Tokyo police arrested a 49-year-old former gang member posing as a monk on suspicion of selling a lethal homemade revolver, and investigators are tracing its origin after a March warehouse discovery and a reported rise in pistol seizures this year.