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Japan-China summit faces uncertainty ahead of APEC meeting
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Beijing is still demanding that Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi retract her Taiwan remarks despite a proposal to reaffirm the countries' 1972 joint communique, as hopes of an early summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping fade.
Key facts
- Former Japanese foreign minister Takeshi Iwaya put forward that approach during a September visit to China.
- Takaichi will travel to China for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders' summit, which China will host in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, on 18–19 November 2026.
- Xi and then Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe held one such meeting at the 2014 summit in Beijing amid tensions that included Abe paying his respects at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo.
- Takaichi told the Budget Committee of the House of Representatives, Japan's lower parliamentary chamber, on November 7, 2025, that a Taiwan contingency “could constitute”
Summary
Former Japanese foreign minister Takeshi Iwaya put forward that approach during a September visit to China.
Reaffirming the communique, he proposed, could be treated as a de facto withdrawal of Takaichi's comments.