{"id":4413,"date":"2025-12-05T09:16:29","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T09:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=4413"},"modified":"2025-12-05T09:16:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T09:16:29","slug":"japan-china-continue-to-spar-at-un-over-takaichi-remarks-on-taiwan-united-nations-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=4413","title":{"rendered":"Japan, China continue to spar at UN over Takaichi remarks on Taiwan | United Nations News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>Fallout continues after Japanese prime minister said use of force against Taiwan would be &#8216;survival threatening&#8217; for Japan.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"byline byline--single-avatar\">\n<div class=\"avatars-container\">\n<div class=\"responsive-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Al-Jazeera-Erin-1-1754975994.jpg?resize=96%2C96&amp;quality=80 96w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 96px) 96px, 96px\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 5 Dec 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">5 Dec 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Japan and China have escalated their war of words at the United Nations following unprecedented remarks from Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi about Tokyo\u2019s role in a potential Taiwan conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Japan\u2019s ambassador to the UN wrote to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday, disputing allegations from Beijing that Takaichi had violated \u201cthe basic norms governing international relations\u201d while speaking to the Japanese Diet last month.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 4 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>\u201cThe assertions contained therein are inconsistent with the facts, unsubstantiated, and are categorically unacceptable,\u201d UN ambassador Kazuyuki Yamazaki wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The letter marks the second time Japan has written to Guterres on the issue in as many months. Both times were in response to separate letters from China to the UN about Takaichi.<\/p>\n<p>The dispute began in November when Takaichi told Japanese legislators that should China ever use force against Taiwan, the move would constitute a \u201csurvival-threatening situation\u201d for Japan, according to Japanese media.<\/p>\n<p>Taiwan and Japan do not have diplomatic relations, but they are close neighbours and unofficial allies. Their legislators also regularly engage in party-to-party meetings.<\/p>\n<p>Still, experts say that Takaichi\u2019s comments marked a break in tradition for Tokyo, which is typically more circumspect on Taiwan issues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis has been the unofficial position of Japan and the unspoken position of Japan for many years, but prime ministers just don\u2019t say it [out loud],\u201d Jeffrey Hall, a lecturer in Japanese studies at Kanda University of International Studies, told Al Jazeera.<\/p>\n<p>Taiwan, a self-ruled democracy, is claimed by Beijing, which has pledged to one day annex it by peace or by force amid an ongoing military modernisation campaign. Beijing considers issues surrounding Taiwan to fall within its internal affairs.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the UN letters, a Chinese diplomat in Osaka implied in a now-deleted social media post that Takaichi \u2018s head should be cut off over her remarks on Taiwan, according to the Reuters news agency.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese state media have also started posting articles questioning Japan\u2019s claims to Okinawa and the Ryukyu Islands, in what has been described online as \u201cgeopolitical trolling\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Takaichi, like her late mentor Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, has advocated for a stronger Japanese military \u2013 known as its \u201cself-defence force\u201d \u2013 and revising the country\u2019s post-war pacifist constitution.<\/p>\n<p>While the decision to rearm is still controversial within Japan, the recent dispute with China has helped to raise Takaichi\u2019s popularity, according to Hall.<\/p>\n<p>The Japanese public has been displeased that Beijing has tried to equate contemporary Japan with its World War II past, he told Al Jazeera, when the Empire of Japan brutally colonised large swaths of East and Southeast Asia.<\/p>\n<p>Fu Cong, China\u2019s permanent representative to the United Nations, alluded to Japan\u2019s historical legacy in his second letter to the UN this week about Takaichi.<\/p>\n<p>He called Takaichi\u2019s remarks \u201cerroneous\u201d, adding they \u201copenly challenge the victorious outcomes of World War II and the post-war international order and constitute a serious violation of the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fallout continues after Japanese prime minister said use of force against Taiwan would be &#8216;survival threatening&#8217; for Japan. 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