Japan, Taiwan and China
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Japan says warplanes scrambled as Chinese drone detected near southern island close to Taiwan
Tension between Japan and China has escalated over the new Japanese leader's suggestion Tokyo could intervene militarily if Beijing attacks Taiwan.
Japan is raising alarms after a series of confrontations with China over the weekend intensified a growing diplomatic rift between
Film distributors have suspended the screening of at least two Japanese films in China amid a deepening dispute between Tokyo and Beijing, in what state broadcaster CCTV said was a "prudent decision" that took into account souring domestic audience sentiment.
Takaichi this month became the first sitting Japanese leader in decades to publicly link a Taiwan Strait crisis with the possible deployment of Japanese troops, prompting Beijing to unleash a flurry of economic reprisals and threats of more retribution.
Tourism-related Japanese stocks plunged on Monday after China warned its citizens against travel to its North Asian neighbour following a widening diplomatic rift over Taiwan.
The diplomatic row over comments on Taiwan has evolved from a war of words to Beijing advising its citizens against travelling and studying abroad in Japan.