On Wednesday, December 10, 2025, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun called on Japan to reflect on and correct its recent statements, urging Tokyo to "earnestly retract Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's erroneous remarks on the Taiwan region." The comments came during a daily briefing in Beijing in response to questions about Japan's emphasis on the so-called radar illumination issue.
"Japan should seriously reflect on and correct its mistakes and earnestly retract the erroneous remarks," Guo told reporters, framing Tokyo's radar illumination narrative as a distortion.
The radar illumination issue has been at the center of recent Sino-Japanese exchanges, with Tokyo authorities publicly raising concerns over security incidents in regional airspace. Beijing has dismissed these concerns as exaggerated, accusing Japan of hyping an unfounded claim to advance other agendas.
This call for retraction underscores ongoing sensitivities in China-Japan relations and highlights how technical security allegations can spill over into broader diplomatic tensions.
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