Japan lodged a formal protest Saturday after China issued a travel advisory cautioning its citizens against visiting Japan, as diplomatic tensions over the Japanese leader’s recent Taiwan remarks showed no signs of easing.

The government in Tokyo lodged a protest and its top spokesperson, Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara, urged China to take “appropriate measures,” Japan’s Kyodo News Service reported.

China advised its citizens Friday to refrain from travelling to Japan in the near future. It cited earlier attacks against Chinese in Japan and what it called Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s “erroneous remarks” on Taiwan, which it said undermined the atmosphere for China-Japan exchange.

Kihara told reporters that it is precisely because of the differences between the two governments t

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