Barely a month into office, Takaichi is enjoying buoyant approval ratings, with polls showing that nearly seven in ten Japanese voters support her government

Foreign Minister Wang Yi accused Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of attempting to intervene militarily over Taiwan.

The call comes amid rising tensions between Japan and China over Taiwan, the island democracy that Beijing claims as its own and that is a geopolitical tripwire. The flare-up was sparked by remarks from newly elected Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi earlier this month. She said Japan would defend itself if Beijing moved to seize Taiwan.

It has banned some Japanese imports, cancelled trade talks and is threatening further countermeasures if Tokyo does not retract Taiwan comments

China called Japan's plan to deploy missiles on an island near Taiwan a deliberate attempt to "create regional tension and provoke military confrontation" on Monday, as a diplomatic dispute simmers between the two nations.

Japan is moving ahead with a major military build-up on Yonaguni, just 110 kilometres from Taiwan, deploying Type-03 medium-range surface-to-air missiles to expand its air-defence capabilities. Tokyo insists the move is meant to deter conflict and prevent an attack,

Washington: President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke by phone on Monday to discuss trade, Taiwan and Ukraine, according to the White House and Chinese officials, nearly one month after the two men met in person in the South Korean city of Busan.

Beijing says it will not allow ‘Japan's right-wing provocateurs’ to lay their hands on ‘China's Taiwan region’ - Anadolu Ajansı

The remarks come amid the two countries’ worst diplomatic crisis in years, after the Japanese prime minister said a Chinese attack on Taiwan could trigger a military response from Tokyo.

Japan has delivered its first domestically built Patriot PAC-3 interceptors to the United States as Washington’s missile stockpiles continue to shrink due to the Ukraine war and global commitments. The export,