According to Kyodo News, Japan's Director General of the Asia and Oceania Bureau at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Masahiro Kanai, arrived in Beijing on November 17. The negotiations between China and Japan are expected to take place on the 18th.
Kyodo News video showed that when arriving at Beijing Capital International Airport, Kanai did not respond to journalists' questions.
Kyodo News video screenshot
According to reports, the Japanese side aims to reiterate that the remarks by Japanese Prime Minister Hashimoto Sanae "have not changed the consistent position of the Japanese government," hoping to ease the situation.
Previously, on November 7, Hashimoto Sanae publicly stated that "if there is a crisis in Taiwan, it would be a crisis for Japan," and the Japanese government might exercise so-called "collective self-defense rights." China immediately raised a serious protest and strong objection. On November 10, facing advice from rational Japanese legislators, Hashimoto refused to retract her remarks and defended her position as "in line with the Japanese government's consistent stance."
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