The 1972 communique normalized bilateral relations, with Japan acknowledging the "One China" policy recognized by many other countries including the United States.

China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson consecutively posted English and Japanese graphic messages on social media platform X, warning Japan to "stop playing with fire on the Taiwan question" on November 13, 2025. Photo: Screenshot from Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson's X account.

Japan has resumed seafood exports to China for the first time since a ban was imposed over the discharge of treated radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant

BEIJING: China said on Friday (Nov 13) it summoned the Japanese ambassador over remarks the country's new prime minister made about Taiwan

Heavyweights clash as election of hawkish PM Sanae Takaichi and US policy unpredictability change calculus in region

Rather than deploying deep discounts to remain competitive in deflationary China, Japanese beef bowl chain Yoshinoya Holdings Co. changed its business recipe.

How Sanae Takaichi’s Taiwan remark stirred up a diplomatic storm between Japan and China - Japan moves closer to openly linking Taiwan’s security to its own as China responds with thinly veiled threat

A spat between China and Japan over Japanese Premier Sanae Takaichi's Taiwan comments showed no signs of abating on Wednesday with a series of vitriolic commentaries in Chinese state media and calls in Tokyo to expel a Chinese diplomat.