US EditionTaiwan president shows support for Japan in China dispute with sushi lunch
Taiwan’s president posted photos eating Japanese sushi to back Japan after China suspended seafood imports amid a diplomatic dispute over Taiwan, signaling regional tensions.
- Beijing is using harsh rhetoric, military threats, and economic coercion against Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, a China hawk who suggested intervening militarily if China invades Taiwan, which it claims as its territory.
- Takaichi's comments seem aimed at dragging the US into defending Japan if attacked due to a cross-strait conflict with China over Taiwan, which the US would be treaty-bound to do.
- Taiwan's Foreign Minister said China's use of economic coercion and military intimidation to 'bully other nations are already too numerous to mention individually', and urged Taiwanese to buy more Japanese goods to show friendship with Japan.
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Taiwan shared images on social media on Thursday of President Lai Ching-te holding a plate of sushi in a show of support for Japan, following reports that China would halt imports of Japanese seafood.
Taiwan President Shows Support for Japan in China Dispute with Sushi Lunch
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan President Lai Ching-te showed his support for Japan on Thursday with a lunch of Japanese-sourced sushi, after China indicated it would halt all imports of the country’s seafood in an escalating dispute over the Chinese-claimed island.
Taiwan president lunches on sushi in support of Japan over China row
Images of Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te holding a plate of sushi were posted on social media on Thursday in a show of support for Tokyo after reports that China will halt Japanese seafood imports. Taiwan President Lai Ching-te holding a plate of sushi, in a photo posted on his Facebook page on November 20, 2025. Photo: Lai Ching-te, via Facebook. The row between Japan and China was triggered by new Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi sugge…
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