Japan rebuts China's renewed criticism of PM Takaichi remarks

TOKYO - The Japanese government rebuffed criticism made on the weekend by China's top diplomat Wang Yi that parliamentary remarks by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on a Taiwan contingency challenge China's sovereignty.

In response to Wang's remarks Saturday at an international security conference, Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said the claims are "not based on facts," in the latest series of criticisms exchanged between the two Asian nations.