Japan Slams China Letter to UN as ‘Erroneous’ in Its Own Missive

In a letter to the United Nations, Japan criticized an earlier missive from China as mis-representing the nature of remarks Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi made on Taiwan, saying Beijing’s letter was “inconsistent with the facts and unsubstantiated.”

“China’s assertion that Japan would exercise the right of self-defense even in the absence of an armed attack is erroneous,” Japanese Ambassador to the UN Kazuyuki Yamazaki wrote in a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres dated Nov. 24.