Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at a parliament committee session in Tokyo on Friday. She said last week that a Chinese attack on Taiwan could trigger a military response from Tokyo.

China on Friday warned Japan of a “crushing” military defeat if it uses force to intervene over Taiwan, and even cautioned Chinese citizens against visits to Japan, angered by its Prime Minister’s remarks about the island, which Beijing claims.

Tokyo on Friday summoned Beijing’s ambassador to Japan to protest against a top Chinese diplomat’s online post about Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, continuing a tit-for-tat spat that has run for a week.

Takaichi sparked a diplomatic row with Beijing with comments in parliament last week that a Chinese attack on Taiwan could amount to a “survival-threatening s

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