Key facts
- Foreign ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said Tokyo bears full responsibility for the serious difficulties in China-Japan relations.
- Guo said the Japanese authorities were still evading the issue and had shown no willingness to correct the remarks.
- Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is planning to visit China in November 2026 for the Apec summit, the report said.
China's foreign ministry said on November 6, 2026 that responsibility for the "serious difficulties in China-Japan relations lay entirely with Tokyo," a year after remarks by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi about Taiwan. Spokesman Guo Jiakun, speaking at a regular briefing, said the Japanese authorities were continuing to evade the issue and had shown no willingness to correct the remarks.
Guo said that "a year ago, the Japanese leader made erroneous remarks on" Taiwan, according to the published excerpt of his remarks. The primary report carries only the opening of that passage.
Takaichi is planning to visit China in November 2026 for the Apec summit, the report said, setting up a possible first meeting with Chinese officials since the dispute began.