Editorial

14:00 JST, November 29, 2025

China is intensifying its propaganda campaign against Japan over Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remark regarding a survival-threatening situation in connection with a Taiwan contingency.

Beijing’s aim appears to be spreading its assertion — not only within Japan but internationally — that the prime minister is attempting to disrupt the international order and peace established after World War II in order to isolate her and force her to retract her remark.

China’s personal attacks against Takaichi are intolerable. The English-language account of state-run Xinhua News Agency has posted a series of satirical images on its X account, including one showing the prime minister looking at a mirror with her reflection wearing military attire and another depicting her shaking hands with a ghost........

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