Facing reprisals from Beijing for a remark over Taiwan, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi must walk a fine line to prevent escalating the dispute without looking weak at home.

After Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi made a comment related to Taiwan, Japanese concerts in Beijing are getting abruptly canceled amid escalating tensions between China and Japan. Meanwhile, Taiwan has lifted all restrictions on food imports from Japan.

Tensions spiraled on Nov. 8, when Takaichi said that a Chinese attempt to seize Taiwan by force would constitute a "survival-threatening situation" for Japan.

China on Friday said that Chinese people and the international community "will not allow" Japan to "go back to the path of militarism, violate its commitment to peaceful development and disrupt post war international order."

China was already wary about Japan's new Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, a renowned Beijing hawk, before she weighed in on one of its most sensitive issues: Taiwan. Now it's unleashing economic pain.

As China reportedly mulls a ban on Japanese seafood amid a standoff between the Asian neighbors, Taiwan's leader shows support for Tokyo, with his lunch.

SHANGHAI: Takashi Ito, owner of a restaurant in Shanghai, had been looking forward to China's lifting of a ban on imports of Japanese seafood - only to have his hopes dashed this week amid an increasingly heated diplomatic spat between Beijing and Tokyo.

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