Japan's new leader prime triggered the dispute by saying Japan could intervene in a confrontation between China and Taiwan.

The remarks come amid the two countries’ worst diplomatic crisis in years, after the Japanese prime minister said a Chinese attack on Taiwan could trigger a military response from Tokyo.

China on Friday warned Japan of a "crushing" military defeat if it uses force to intervene over Taiwan, and even cautioned Chinese citizens against visits to Japan, angered by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's remarks about the island,

China has issued a veiled military threat to Japan, warning that any attempt by Tokyo to interfere in the Taiwan issue would be met with a military response

China advised its citizens Friday to refrain from traveling to Japan in the near future. It cited earlier attacks against Chinese in Japan and what it called Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi 's "erroneous remarks" on Taiwan, which it said undermined the atmosphere for China-Japan exchange.

China is trying to impose economic costs on Japan for wading into the issue of Taiwan. But experts say the escalating dispute could ultimately hurt China too.

China’s instruction for its airlines to scale back services to Japan through March 2026 is emerging as a decisive response to a sharp collapse in travel demand, reported Bloomberg. As per the guidance issued last week,

The Chinese government has directed the country's airlines to scale back flights to Japan through March 2026, Bloomberg News reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The airlines were asked to make the changes "for now,