Commenting on a social media post of Taiwan regional leader Lai Ching-te eating sushi to express his support for Japan, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Thursday that Taiwan is China's Taiwan,

Japan and its leader have no right to make irresponsible remarks about Taiwan, the Chinese mainland's top official on Taiwan affairs said on Thursday.

China advised its citizens Friday to refrain from traveling to Japan in the near future. It cited earlier attacks against Chinese in Japan and what it called Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi 's "erroneous remarks" on Taiwan, which it said undermined the atmosphere for China-Japan exchange.

Less than a month into her term, Japan's conservative leader has stirred tensions with China by suggesting a Chinese move against Taiwan could prompt a Japanese military response.

Foreign ministry’s Asian affairs chief Liu Jinsong ‘very unsatisfied’ after talks with Japan counterpart, Chinese media reports.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's erroneous remarks on Taiwan continue to spark backlash in Japan. Japanese conservative politician Toru Hashimoto launched a critique of Takaichi during a television program on Sunday,

To commemorate the historic moment eighty years ago when Taiwan was restored to the motherland after being freed from Japanese colonial rule,

China has ruled out a leaders’ meeting with Japan at the coming G20 summit in South Africa, as ties between the two Asian giants continue to fray over Taiwan. “I can tell you that Premier Li Qiang does not have a meeting arrangement with Japanese leaders,

The Japanese public is divided on whether Japan should exercise its right to collective self-defence if China attacks Taiwan, a Kyodo news agency poll found on Sunday. The survey found 48.8% in favour and 44.