The Chinese communist regime said on March 24 that an individual claiming to be an active-duty member of the Japan Self-Defense Force forcefully entered the Chinese Embassy in Japan earlier that day.
“The individual threatened to kill the Chinese diplomatic personnel in the so-called name of God,” the Chinese Embassy in Japan said in a statement on its website.
At a regular briefing in Beijing, Lin Jian, the regime’s foreign ministry spokesman, said that Beijing is “deeply shocked at the incident” and that the ministry had lodged a protest with the Japanese authorities.
Lin described the incident as “extremely egregious” in nature. The Chinese regime has demanded an immediate and thorough investigation from the Japanese government, he added.
Japan’s Ministry of Defense didn’t respond to a request for comment by publication time.
The latest development comes as the Chinese regime maintains diplomatic and economic pressure on Japan in an effort to pressure Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to withdraw her statements on Taiwan.
Takaichi, in response to a November 2025 parliament question, linked a hypothetical Taiwan Strait crisis to a potential “survival-threatening situation” for Japan. That designation could allow Japan to deploy troops to help defend a friendly nation.
Since then, the Chinese regime has enacted a wave of economic and trade measures against Japan, including reinstating a ban on Japanese seafood imports, warning Chinese students and tourists against traveling to Japan, and canceling Japanese cultural events across China.
The regime’s campaign shows little sign of easing. Last month, after Takaichi cemented her mandate in a landslide election victory, Beijing added 20 Japanese companies to its export control list and another 20 to a separate export watch list.
At the press conference on March 24, Lin repeated the regime’s demand for Takaichi to retract her comments on Taiwan when asked about a reported decision by Japan to downgrade its relationship status with China.
Takaichi has rejected Beijing’s demands, saying that her earlier comments align with the Japanese government’s long-standing position on Taiwan.
Meanwhile, Japanese newspaper Mainichi Shimbun and Reuters reported earlier that day that, due to a series of confrontations between Tokyo and Beijing over the past year, the Japanese government is poised to downgrade China from “most important” among its neighbors to “important” in its upcoming 2026 Diplomatic Bluebook, citing a draft of the document.
The Chinese regime views Taiwan, a self-governed democratic island, as a breakaway province of China and has frequently threatened to take it by force. Japan, like most countries, doesn’t have formal ties with Taiwan, but has stressed the importance of peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait. Japan’s westernmost tip, Yonaguni, is only 68 miles from Taiwan’s coastline.
During a visit to the White House earlier this month, Takaichi said her government has been addressing the tensions with China “in a calm manner. ”
“Once again, I would like to reiterate that Japan has been consistently open to dialog with China,” she said via a translator.
From The Epoch Times