SHANGHIA: Takashi Ito, owner of a restaurant in Shanghai, had been looking forward to China’s lifting of a ban on imports of Japanese seafood — only to have his hopes dashed this week amid an increasingly heated diplomatic spat between Beijing and Tokyo. Tensions between the Asian neighbors flared up after new Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said this month that a Chinese attack on Taiwan threatening Japan’s survival could trigger a military response. China, which regards the democratically governed island as its own, responded with ire.

Diplomatic dispute deepens between Tokyo and Beijing over Taiwan remarks by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.

TOKYO: China will suspend Japanese seafood imports, media in Tokyo reported Wednesday as a row sparked by comments about Taiwan deepens, although neither government confirmed the…

SHANGHIA: Takashi Ito, owner of a restaurant in Shanghai, had been looking forward to China’s lifting of a ban on imports of Japanese seafood — only to have his hopes dashed this…

Since Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi declared her support for Taiwan, tensions between the two powers have escalated. Beijing wants to pressure Tokyo into reversing its position while…