Day after China issued travel warning against its citizens visiting Japan amid escalating tensions over Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remarks on Taiwan, Japan on Monday emphasised that “channels of communication are open".

Tensions grew between the two countries after Takaichi told parliament on November 7 that a hypothetical Chinese attack on democratically-ruled Taiwan could trigger a military response from Tokyo.

China claims Taiwan as its own territory and has always emphasised the use of force to take control of the island. Taiwan’s government rejects Beijing’s sovereignty claims.

In response, Beijing summoned the Japanese ambassador for the first time in more than two years, and China’s defence ministry declared that any Japanese intervention would be doomed to fail, Reuters rep

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