China urges Japan PM to retract ‘egregious’ remarks on Taiwan

China’s Foreign Ministry on Thursday (November 13, 2025) demanded Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi retract what it known as her “egregious” remarks associated to Taiwan, warning that in any other case Japan “should bear all penalties” for the feedback.

Ms. Takaichi sparked a diplomatic row with Beijing with remarks in parliament final week {that a} Chinese assault on Taiwan may quantity to a “survival-threatening scenario” and set off a possible army response from Tokyo.

In Beijing, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian advised a press convention that Ms. Takaichi’s remarks represented a “crude interference” in China’s inner affairs and dealt a “heavy blow” to bilateral relations.

Beijing claims democratically ruled Taiwan as its personal and has not dominated out utilizing power to take management of the island.

Taiwan’s authorities rejects Beijing’s claims and says solely its individuals can resolve the island’s future. “Should Japan dare to intervene militarily within the Taiwan Strait scenario, it’ll represent an act of aggression, and China will strike again decisively,” Mr. Lin stated.

There has been little signal this week that tensions over Ms. Takaichi’s feedback had been easing.

A put up on a social media account affiliated with Chinese state broadcaster CCTV on Wednesday (November 12) known as Ms. Takaichi a “troublemaker” and warned that she would “should pay the value” if she continued to “spew shit with none boundaries.”

Meanwhile, senior political figures in Tokyo have known as for the expulsion of China’s Consul General in Osaka, Xue Jian, who shared a information article about Ms. Takaichi’s remarks and commented, “The soiled head that sticks itself in should be lower off”. Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi known as Mr. Xue’s remark “regrettable”.

Japan will “proceed to strongly urge the Chinese facet to take applicable motion in order that this doesn’t have an effect on the broad course of Japan-China relations,” Mr. Motegi stated at a press convention on Wednesday (November 12) in Canada, on the sidelines of a G7 assembly. He didn’t give a solution when requested if Mr. Xue must be expelled.