Japan’s Chongqing Consulate Lacks Top Envoy Amid China Tensions

Japan’s diplomatic mission in the southwestern Chinese megacity of Chongqing has been left without a consul-general, as relations between Tokyo and Beijing remain strained.

The Japanese embassy in Beijing said the post in Chongqing is currently vacant but declined to provide further details, calling it a personnel matter. Other staff members, including the chief consul, are ensuring day-to-day operations remain unaffected, it said in a statement Thursday in response to a Bloomberg News query.