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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