Takaichi calls for peaceful dialogue as Japan responds to China’s rising military spending | Taiwan

Days after a tense air confrontation with China, Japan appears to be quietly recalibrating its Taiwan messaging. Tokyo is now publicly revisiting decades-old diplomatic language, invoking historic declarations and past agreements to ease Beijing’s growing anger. The shift comes even as warnings about China’s military expansion grow louder inside Japan’s own government. Officials insist nothing fundamental has changed, yet what was said and what was carefully left unsaid is raising eyebrows across the region. With jets clashing in the skies and words being weighed on paper, the timing has triggered fresh questions.