BEIJING/TOKYO: Chinese diplomats airing hawkish views, or “wolf warriors” as they are known, have returned to the global stage, drumming up criticism of Japan’s prime minister in countries that suffered from its military actions during World War Two. A fortnight after new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi told lawmakers that an attack on Taiwan threatening Japan’s survival would trigger a military response from Tokyo, China has not slowed the momentum of the vitriol poured out on her.

BEIJING/TOKYO: Chinese diplomats airing hawkish views, or “wolf warriors” as they are known, have returned to the global stage, drumming up criticism of Japan’s prime minister in…

BEIJING: China has taken its widening spat with Japan to the United Nations, accusing Tokyo of threatening “an armed intervention” over Taiwan and vowing to defend itself in its…

NEWS ANALYSIS. By emphasizing the dangers facing the archipelago, Japan's right wing seeks to stoke public anxiety in order to justify expanding the country's military…