Both countries have summoned each other’s ambassadors after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said a Chinese attack on Taiwan could draw a military response from Tokyo.

Japan is trying to revive its wartime militarism and risks repeating the mistakes of history with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's remarks on Taiwan, the official newspaper of China's ruling Communist Party said on Friday.

A Chinese diplomat’s call to cut off the prime minister’s “filthy head” signaled a revival of a combative style Beijing had tried to dial back.

Heavyweights clash as election of hawkish PM Sanae Takaichi and US policy unpredictability change calculus in region