Tension between Japan and China has escalated over the new Japanese leader's suggestion Tokyo could intervene militarily if Beijing attacks Taiwan.

China advised its citizens Friday to refrain from traveling to Japan in the near future. It cited earlier attacks against Chinese in Japan and what it called Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi 's "erroneous remarks" on Taiwan, which it said undermined the atmosphere for China-Japan exchange.

Relations between the two neighbours have soured recently after Takaichi became the first sitting Japanese leader in decades to publicly link a Taiwan Strait crisis with the possible deployment of Japanese troops.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's erroneous remarks on Taiwan continue to spark backlash in Japan. Japanese conservative politician Toru Hashimoto launched a critique of Takaichi during a television program on Sunday,

Japan scrambled fighter jets on Sunday after accusing China of flying a drone near its southern island of Yonaguni amid rising tensions between the Asian countries. Chinese coast guard vessels spent several hours in Japan’s territorial waters around the disputed Senkaku Islands,

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Japan's tourism-related stocks fell amid a worsening diplomatic standoff between the two nations Beijing issued a travel and study alert for Chinese citizens considering going to Japan.Japan's tourism-exposed stocks fell Monday as tensions with China intensified after Beijing issued a travel and study alert for its citizens considering going to Japan.

The Japanese public is divided on whether Japan should exercise its right to collective self-defence if China attacks Taiwan, a Kyodo news agency poll found on Sunday.