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Heavyweights clash as election of hawkish PM Sanae Takaichi and US policy unpredictability change calculus in region

Rather than deploying deep discounts to remain competitive in deflationary China, Japanese beef bowl chain Yoshinoya Holdings Co. changed its business recipe.

How Sanae Takaichi’s Taiwan remark stirred up a diplomatic storm between Japan and China - Japan moves closer to openly linking Taiwan’s security to its own as China responds with thinly veiled threat

A spat between China and Japan over Japanese Premier Sanae Takaichi's Taiwan comments showed no signs of abating on Wednesday with a series of vitriolic commentaries in Chinese state media and calls in Tokyo to expel a Chinese diplomat.

Less than a month since Sanae Takaichi, a China hawk, became Japan’s prime minister, the complicated relationship between Tokyo and Beijing is beginning to sour.