China Sanctions Japanese Lawmaker Furuya Keiji Over Taiwan Links

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China has imposed sanctions on Japanese lawmaker Furuya Keiji, who leads a cross-party Japan-Taiwan parliamentary group, saying that he has colluded with "Taiwan independence forces.” In response, Furuya said that visiting Taiwan is a natural part of his role as the parliamentary group's chair.

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00:00China has sanctioned a Japanese lawmaker for, quote, collusion with Taiwan independence forces.

00:06Furia Keiji is the head of a cross-party Japan-Taiwan parliamentary group and has been to Taiwan several times,

00:13including earlier this month.

00:15Beijing's foreign ministry says it would freeze his assets in China and ban him from entering.

00:20In response, Furia told reporters that he had not visited China for decades.

00:24This is the latest move in worsening ties between Beijing and Tokyo, triggered by Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanai's comments

00:31last November that Japan could intervene in a cross-strait conflict.

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