China has informed Japan that it will ban all imports of Japanese seafood in what appeared to be the latest salvo in an escalating diplomatic dispute between Asia's top two economies.

Tensions between the two countries ignited after new Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said earlier in November that a Chinese attack on Taiwan threatening Japan's survival could trigger a military response.

China has demanded she retract the remarks and urged its citizens not to travel to Japan, resulting in mass cancellations that could deal a sizeable blow to the world's fourth-largest economy.

Asked about the reports, China's foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said: "Under the current circumstances, even if Japanese seafood were to be exported to China, it would find no market."

She reiterate

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