China Urges Japan to Correct Erroneous Taiwan Remarks One Year After Takaichi's Diet Comments
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun hosted a regular press conference in Beijing on November 6, 2026. An NHK journalist noted that November 7 would mark one year since Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's Diet comments on a possible Taiwan contingency, and asked whether China still demands a retraction and how it views current and future bilateral relations. A Yomiuri Shimbun journalist asked the same question.
Guo said that China-Japan relations are facing serious difficulties and that the responsibility lies entirely with Japan, whose leader made erroneous remarks on Taiwan a year ago, publicly signaling an attempt to intervene militarily in the Taiwan question, challenging China's national sovereignty and undermining the political foundation of bilateral relations.
Guo said it is regrettable that, a year on, the Japanese authorities are still going in circles, evading the issue and showing no sincerity or action in reflecting on and correcting the mistake.
Guo said China's position on China-Japan relations has been consistent: what is urgent for Japan is to correct its erroneous words and deeds on the Taiwan question as soon as possible, what matters is to adopt a correct attitude on historical issues, and fundamentally, to be truly objective and rational in its perception of China. (Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China)
Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China
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Photo: 图：2026年11月6日外交部例行记者会上，记者就中日关系提问。中国外交部。 / Photo: A journalist asks a question on China-Japan relations at the Chinese Foreign Ministry's regular press conference on November 6, 2026. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China.
