#diplomatic-dispute

#diplomatic-dispute

The tension erupted after Takaichi told the Japanese parliament on November 7 that use of force against the self-ruled island claimed by China could warrant a military response from Tokyo. Beijing, which claims Taiwan as its territory, denounced the remarks as a provocation. On Friday, Beijing said it had summoned Japan's ambassador. Tokyo in turn summoned China's ambassador after an inappropriate and now-removed social media post by a Chinese consul general in Osaka appeared to threaten Takaichi. Tokyo has since said its position on Taiwan, just 110km (70 miles) from the nearest Japanese island, is unchanged.

France has summoned the US ambassador, Charles Kushner, after he wrote a letter to President Emmanuel Macron alleging that Paris had failed to do enough to stem anti-Semitic violence, a French Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson says. Kushner published the open letter in the Wall Street Journal on Sunday, in which he focused on France's criticism of Israel which has been accused by leading rights groups of carrying out a genocide in Gaza and its plans to recognise a Palestinian state.