China is trying to impose economic costs on Japan for wading into the issue of Taiwan. But experts say the escalating dispute could ultimately hurt China too.

A Japanese leader’s offhand comments about Taiwan more than two weeks ago created such a firestorm in Beijing that the United Nations and the White House are still getting an earful. Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke with President Donald Trump on Monday,

For years, China has threatened, cajoled and squeezed democratic Taiwan in an attempt to force it to fold without a costly war across the Taiwan Strait. Japan has mostly toed the US line of “strategic ambiguity”, rarely speaking out and officially saying that the dispute can be resolved through dialogue.

Takaichi Sanae is looking to accelerate the changes that Abe set in motion over a decade ago, despite a host of new challenges.

Japan's Cabinet has approved a $135-billion stimulus package to help spur the economy and relieve the impact of higher prices.

Car enthusiasts browsing Japanese brands at one of China’s biggest annual auto shows shrugged off diplomatic tensions between the two countries on Saturday, saying quality and value for money still trump politics when choosing a vehicle.

China has reportedly reimposed a total ban on Japanese seafood imports, just weeks after the countries celebrated the first shipment of Hokkaido scallops in over two years.

The carriers had already received refund requests for hundreds of thousands of flight bookings to Japan amid a growing diplomatic row.

Much has been made of whether Japan's market fright at yet more fiscal stimulus and political leaning on the central bank apes Britain's bond blowout from 2022, but there are warnings for the U.S. Treasury too.

Car enthusiasts browsing Japanese brands at one of China’s biggest annual car shows shrugged off diplomatic tensions between the two countries on Saturday, saying quality and value for money continue to trump politics when choosing a vehicle.

Japan’s diplomatic rift with China has expanded into a sweeping economic and cultural freeze with Beijing halting Japanese seafood imports, suspending film releases, warning citizens against travel to Japan & signalling broader retaliation unless Tokyo retracts PM Sanae Takaichi’s recent remarks on Taiwan.