LDP panel asks government for firm response to Chinese diplomat's remarks

A panel of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Tuesday urged the government to take firm action over a violent remark made by a Chinese diplomat in response to Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's recent comments about Japan's possible involvement in a Taiwan contingency.A day after Takaichi told a parliamentary committee that a Chinese military attack on Taiwan could pose a "survival-threatening situation" for Japan, China's consul general in Osaka, Xue Jian, posted on X on Saturday that he would "cut a dirty neck without a moment of hesitation."Takaichi's remarks suggested that Japan co…READ FULL ARTICLE