Takaichi warns SDF; Beijing rebukes

Japan's prime minister Sanae Takaichi said Japan could deploy Self‑Defence Forces if a conflict over Taiwan threatened Japan, prompting an angry Beijing rebuke and, officials said, a diplomat's beheading threat.

by Ian Hall

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"In a post on X on Saturday, Xue [China's consul general in Osaka] shared a news article about Takaichi's remarks about Taiwan and commented 'the dirty neck that sticks itself in must be cut off'." www.reuters.com/world/china/...