Japan Tells China to Show ‘Respect’ in Addressing PM
- Japan urged China to show “appropriate respect” after Chinese spokesman Guo Jiakun referred to Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi by name without her title.
- Foreign Ministry spokesman Toshihiro Kitamura said Japan had raised its concerns with Beijing.
- Relations have worsened after Takaichi suggested Japan might intervene if Taiwan were attacked.
- Takaichi called China an “important neighbour,” while Japanese lawmakers visited China to help ease tensions.
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Request arose after the spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, referring to the Japanese leader only by name during a press conference, omitting the post.
Japan asked China to "demonstrate proper respect" for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, after a spokesman from Beijing referred to the leader only by name, without any title. Japan's spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Toshihiro Kitamura, said on Wednesday that Tokyo had conveyed his concern after the spokesman for the Chinese Chancellery, Guo Jiakun, had referred to Takaichi in this way in a press conference last month.
At a time of diplomatic tension, Tokyo blames Beijing for appointing the Japanese prime minister by his name alone.
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