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A group of Japanese lawmakers, including one from Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's governing party, has traveled to Beijing to meet with Chinese officials in an attempt to mend ties following PM Takaichi's comment on Taiwan. The visit comes as tensions between the two countries have spilled over into the economy, causing communication channels to be severed across all areas. Shinichi Isa, a top spokesperson for the Centrist Reform Alliance party, expressed hope that the meeting will find a clue to restart a dialogue and prevent further negative impacts on both nations. This is the first time Japanese lawmakers have met with Chinese officials since PM Takaichi's comment, which China considers a red line in its relations with other countries regarding Taiwan.
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A cross-party group of 8 Japanese lawmakers, including Gaku Hashimoto, a lawmaker from Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's governing Liberal Democratic Party, traveled to Beijing on August 24, 2026 to meet with Chinese officials. This trip comes after ties between Japan and China deteriorated following PM Takaichi's comment that a Chinese attack on Taiwan would be a "survival-threatening situation" for Japan. The lawmakers aim to mend the strained relationship between the two countries, which has had an impact on their economies. During their visit through August 20, they will meet with officials from the Chinese Communist Party. According to Shinichi Isa, a spokesperson for the Centrist Reform Alliance party, communication has been severed in all areas, and the group hopes to find a way to restart dialogue.
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A cross-party group of Japanese lawmakers, including one from Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's governing party, headed to Beijing on Monday (August 24, 2026) to meet with Chinese officials for the first time since ties between the two Asian rivals deteriorated after PM Takaichi's comment on Taiwan angered China.
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Japan seeks a chance to mend its strained ties with China as tensions have spilt over into the economy.
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The group, which includes Gaku Hashimoto, a lawmaker of PM Takaichi's governing Liberal Democratic Party and a former health and welfare vice minister, and a lawmaker each from two opposition parties, Komeito and the Centrist Reform Alliance, is to meet with Chinese Communist Party officials during their visit through Thursday (August 20).
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"Communication has been severed in all areas, and we are beginning to see their impact in many areas,” Shinichi Isa, a top spokesperson for the CRA party, told reporters before leaving Tokyo's Haneda airport.
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“I hope we can somehow find a clue to restart a dialogue.”
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Mr. Isa, who has served as a diplomat at the Japanese Embassy in China, wrote on X earlier this month that bilateral ties have sunk to their worst since the 1972 normalisation of relations.
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He wrote that officials had always remained in communication even during previous lows: “Now all channels between officials and ministries have been cut off.”
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The situation is not in the national interest of either side, Mr. Isa said at the time, and the Chinese side accepted a request from Japanese lawmakers for a “window for dialogue.”
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Soon after taking office, PM Takaichi said a Chinese attack on Taiwan could constitute “a survival-threatening situation” for Japan that would justify the use of force, enraging Beijing.
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The remark crossed what China considers a red line in its relations with other countries about Taiwan, which is a self-governing island that Beijing claims as its territory.
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PM Takaichi has not retracted her comment, but when marking Japan's World War II surrender on Aug. 15, she prayed remotely instead of visiting the controversial Yasukuni Shrine, seen by China and South Korea as lacking remorse for Japan's wartime militarism and atrocities.
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