Japan Gov't Protests Chinese Diplomat's Violent Criticism of PM Takaichi Sanae

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Japan is pushing back over Chinese representative to Osaka Xue Jian's violent rhetoric about Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae. Responding to Takaichi's statement that Japan would deploy its Self-Defense Forces in the case of an attack on Taiwan, Xue called the prime minister a “disgusting head” that he wouldn't hesitate to chop off.

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00:00Japan has condemned a Chinese diplomat's violent remarks about Prime Minister

00:05Takaichi Sinai's support for Taiwan. That's according to local media reports.

00:10In a since-deleted post on X, She Jian, the head of China's consulate in Osaka,

00:15called Takaichi a disgusting head that he wouldn't hesitate to chop off.

00:19She made the comments after the Prime Minister told Japan's legislature that an attack on Taiwan

00:24would be grounds for Japan's self-defense force to mobilize. It comes amid growing concerns in

00:29some Asian countries about China's coercive activities around Taiwan.

00:33She later posted that Japan's discussion of a Taiwan emergency amounts to meddling in China's

00:39internal affairs. Some Japanese lawmakers are now calling for his removal.

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