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China boosts international campaign against Japanese PM's Taiwan remarks
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China is intensifying its campaign to garner international support for criticizing Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's remarks on potential military intervention in a Taiwan crisis. Efforts to approach countries like South Korea have yielded limited results. Foreign Minister Wang Yi called the comments 'shocking.'
Building on plans for next week's G7 finance ministers' meeting, Japan is pursuing broader diplomatic outreach. Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama heads to the US starting Sunday for critical minerals talks, Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi meets his US counterpart Thursday, and Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will summit with South Korea's Lee Jae-myung next week.
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Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Thursday reiterated that Japan remains open to communications with China and committed to constructive, stable ties, consistent with her recent statements and two months in office. The remarks, in a Q&A after a speech, come amid simmering tensions from her November comments on Taiwan.
The Japanese government will display records showing that China historically recognized the Senkaku Islands as outside its territory. The exhibition starts on November 14 at the National Museum of Territory and Sovereignty in Tokyo. The islets, administered by Japan in the East China Sea, are claimed by China.