China Launches Live-Firing Drills Around Taiwan
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BEIJING (Kyodo) -- China's top diplomat Wang Yi on Tuesday lashed out at Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi for "openly challenging" Chinese territorial sovereignty after the Japanese leader's remark on a Taiwan emergency heightened bilateral tensions.
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has vowed to increase patrols near the disputed Senkaku Islands in 2026.
Tensions are rising in Japan-China relations over Taiwan. It started with Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae’s statement to the Diet on November 7, 2025, in which she indicated that Japan could exercise its right of collective self-defense to mobilize the Self-Defense Forces if China used military force against Taiwan.
F or nigh on 1,000 years, the Japanese pirates have wreaked havoc…they respect only force, and their hearts are bursting with malice.” This month China’s armed forces released these verses on social media.
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Cabinet on Friday approved a record defense budget plan exceeding 9 trillion yen ($58 billion) for the coming year, aiming to fortify its strike-back capability and coastal defense with cruise missiles and unmanned arsenals as tensions rise in the region.
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China urges travel agencies to cut Japan-bound visitors by 40% amid rising tensions
China has urged domestic travel agencies to reduce the number of tourists traveling to Japan by 40% amid rising tensions following Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's remarks on Taiwan.
Beijing’s reaction was predictably harsh. It threatened that Tokyo’s intervention would end in a “crushing defeat ,” warned that “those who play with fire will perish by it,” demanded that its citizens avoid visiting Japan, and escalated its military provocations near Japanese islands.
Giant pandas from China have delighted visitors to zoos in Japan for more than 50 years, but fans are now anxious that the star attractions may disappear altogether amid an intensifying diplomatic row over Taiwan.
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China overtakes Japan in global auto sales
China has overtaken Japan to become the world’s top automobile sales country. In 2025 new vehicle sales, Chinese automakers sold the most vehicles globally. Japan, which had maintained the top position for over 20 years after overtaking the U.
A day after news broke that Japan would soon lose its last two giant pandas to China, thousands of fans flocked to Tokyo's Ueno Zoo on Tuesday to catch a final glimpse, with many bidding the twins a tearful farewell.
The Liaoning and Chinese and Russian bombers turned back in the Pacific Ocean near the coasts of Shikoku and the Kii Peninsula.
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