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.
Bear attacks are at record levels in Japan, with more than a dozen people killed this year. Javier C. Hernández, our Tokyo bureau chief, looks at the causes and how Japan is responding.
Japan’s prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, and the Chinese leader Xi Jinping met in South Korea last month. Ms. Takaichi’s remarks on Taiwan have since prompted a stream of vitriol from China.
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