Japanese lawmakers visit Beijing seeking to mend ties after fallout from Takaichi’s Taiwan remark
The delegation seeks to reopen dialogue as bilateral channels remain cut off and tensions have spread into economic ties, lawmakers said.
- On Monday, a cross-party group of Japanese lawmakers traveled to Beijing to meet with Chinese officials, seeking to mend strained ties that have spilled over into the economy.
- Bilateral relations sank to their worst level since 1972 after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said a Chinese attack on Taiwan could constitute "a survival-threatening situation" for Japan.
- The delegation includes Gaku Hashimoto of the Liberal Democratic Party and lawmakers from Komeito and the Centrist Reform Alliance; Shinichi Isa noted all official communication channels were "cut off."
- Meeting with Chinese Communist Party officials through Thursday, the group seeks a "window for dialogue" to restart communications severed between the two nations.
- While Takaichi has not retracted her Taiwan comments, she recently prayed remotely rather than visiting the Yasukuni Shrine, a site viewed by China and South Korea as a symbol of wartime militarism.
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Against the background of tense relations, a group of Japanese MPs travelled to China for talks.
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Japanese lawmakers visit Beijing seeking to mend ties after fallout from Takaichi's Taiwan remark
TOKYO (AP) — A cross-party group of Japanese lawmakers headed to Beijing on Monday seeking to mend strained ties following Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s comment on Taiwan that angered China and led to tensions that have spilled over into the economy. The group, which includes Gaku Hashimoto, a lawmaker of Takaichi's governing Liberal Democratic Party and a former health and welfare vice minister, and a lawmaker each from the Komeito and Centri…
Japanese lawmakers visit Beijing seeking to mend ties after fallout from Takaichi’s Taiwan remark
A cross-party group of Japanese lawmakers, including one from Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s governing party, headed to Beijing on Monday to meet with Chinese officials for the first time since ties between the two Asian rivals deteriorated after Takaichi’s comment on Taiwan angered China.
A delegation of Japanese parliamentarians left Japan on Monday to China in an attempt to resume the dialogue after remarks on Taiwan by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, who provoked the anger of Beijing.
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