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A senior Japanese diplomat will head to China on Monday, Japanese media reported, as Tokyo tries to calm an escalating diplomatic spat over Taiwan that is straining relations between the East Asian neighbours.
China and Japan have repeatedly faced off around the Japan-administered islands, which Beijing calls Diaoyu and Tokyo calls the Senkaku.
A powerful eruption at Sakurajima sent ash and smoke 4,400 metres into the air on Sunday, prompting ashfall warnings and causing dozens of flight cancellations across southwestern Japan.
Japanese tourism-related shares plunged on Monday after China warned its citizens against travel to its North Asian neighbour following a widening diplomatic rift over Taiwan.
Bear sightings and attacks have increased in parts of Japan, especially in municipalities close to or adjacent to populated zones,” the U.S. Embassy said in a wildlife alert.
Japan’s economy contracted for the first time in six quarters, supporting Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s case to compile an ambitious economic stimulus package.
Japan's economy contracted an annualised 1.8% in the July-September quarter, government data showed on Monday, compared with a median market forecast for a 2.5% decrease. The drop in gross domestic product translated into a quarterly decrease of 0.
Both countries have summoned each other’s ambassadors after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said a Chinese attack on Taiwan could draw a military response from Tokyo.
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