#japan-china-relations

#japan-china-relations

South Korea is expected to become the most popular overseas destination for Chinese travellers during the 40-day travel frenzy, with an estimated 250,000 expected to visit, up 1.5 times from the previous year. Japan will welcome fewer people from China than other countries in the region, including Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam and Russia, according to media reports. Instead, the number of Chinese tourists visiting Japan during the lunar new year holidays is expected to fall by up to 60% from the previous year.

Japanes said it seized a Chinese fishing vessel and arrested its captain for allegedly fleeing inspection in the nation's exclusive economic zone, adding to tensions between the countries. "The vessel's captain was ordered to stop for an inspection by a fisheries inspector, but the vessel failed to comply and fled," Japan's Fisheries Agency said. Japan said the boat was seized in waters off southwest Nagasaki prefecture. There were 10 more people on board besides the captain.

Japan has denied a report that said United States President Donald Trump had advised Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi not to provoke China over Taiwan's sovereignty. In a news briefing on Thursday, Japan's top government spokesperson Minoru Kihara said there is no such fact about an article published in The Wall Street Journal claiming that Trump had made such a remark to the Japanese leader.

China cautioned its citizens against visiting Japan, a popular destination for Chinese tourists, "in the near future" late Friday. "Recently, Japanese leaders have made blatantly provocative remarks regarding Taiwan, severely damaging the atmosphere for people-to-people exchanges," China's embassy in Japan said in a statement. It added that the situation presents "significant risks to the personal safety and lives of Chinese citizens in Japan." Following the announcement, three Chinese airlines, Air China, China Southern and China Eastern, offered full refunds or changes to Japan itineraries for free through December 31.

Tokyo has lodged a protest accusing China of carrying out the unilateral development of gas fields in disputed waters in the East China Sea. In a statement late on Monday, Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it had detected the construction of a new structure in waters west of the median line between the countries. Tokyo's latest statement follows Japan's lodging of similar protests after the discovery of Chinese-built installations in May and June.

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