The statement by PM Sanae Takaichi has heightened tension between China and Japan. China deploys monitoring ships to the Senkaku Islands.

Chinese officials are fuming over the Japanese prime minister's remarks about intervention during a Taiwan contingency.

Victim who is ‘slapped hard’ on the buttocks chases assailant, kicks him in the belly; police respond by saying there is nothing they can do.

An offhand remark from the prime minister of Japan has roiled Beijing, unleashing an onslaught of accusations and even threats of decapitation from Chinese officials. The Chinese Communist Party is demanding that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi retract an assertion she made last week,

A Chinese diplomat’s call to cut off the prime minister’s “filthy head” signaled a revival of a combative style Beijing had tried to dial back.