Japan, Taiwan and China
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Japan urged China on Saturday to take "appropriate measures" after Beijing warned Chinese citizens against visiting Japan, Kyodo news agency reported, in an ongoing dispute over Taiwan. Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said Japan had "conveyed the message to China and strongly asked it to take appropriate actions,
The estimated number of foreign visitors to Japan in October surged 17.6 percent from a year earlier to 3,896,300, marking a record high for the month, the Japan National Tourism Organization said Tuesday.
Both countries have summoned each other’s ambassadors after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said a Chinese attack on Taiwan could draw a military response from Tokyo.