While diplomatic tensions between the two countries are not new, both have little to gain from the current dispute subsiding.

As relations with China continue to deteriorate, Japan is embarking on its biggest military buildup in at least four decades.

As Japan's ties with China worsened after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi expressed support for Taiwan in November 2025, social media posts shared a fabricated video of American political scientist John Mearsheimer expressing his views on the issue.

China–Japan tensions have intensified after Sanae Takaichi’s remarks on Taiwan triggered diplomatic, economic and military retaliation from Beijing, with domestic politics and shifting geopolitics leaving little room for de-escalation.

The absence of robust industrial support, combined with the limitations of "Takaichi Economics" as an extension of "Abenomics", risks pushing Japan into another recessionary cycle. Declining exports are the main factor behind Japan's economic deceleration.

Diplomatic crises often change the stakes for each, and for the Japanese, the consequences of this crisis are multifaceted. Japan’s new prime minister, Takaichi Sanae, was the initial focal point. As the Washington Post editorial board aptly noted,

China on Monday announced countermeasures against Shigeru Iwasaki, the former chief of the Joint Staff of Self-Defense Forces of Japan, over his public collusion with "Taiwan independence" separatist forces,

No end in sight to spat between Japan and China over Taiwan, as neither Tokyo nor Beijing shows signs of backing down.

Wu Hailong tells forum that Tokyo 'has never truly reflected on or repented its crimes of aggression' during World War II

BEIJING: A Chinese military spokesperson on Monday urged the Japanese government not to hype up China’s regular military training as a so-called security threat, saying that it will never work for Japan to evade the real issue, to divert attention, or to recriminate.