Japan said the intent of the post “was not entirely clear” but called it “extremely inappropriate,” while the US ambassador noted it was a threat to Sanae Takaichi and the Japanese people.
TOKYO: Japan said on Monday it had complained to China about “extremely inappropriate” remarks by one of its diplomats towards Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.
The United States characterised the diplomat’s comment as threatening.
“We have no choice but to cut off that dirty neck that has lunged at us without a moment’s hesitation,” China’s Consul General in Osaka, Xue Jian, said in a post on social media website X on Nov 8.
The four-day visit is part of New Delhi’s push to diversify export markets amid the impact of US President Donald Trump’s sharp tariff increases.
The Russian defence ministry claimed it had captured the villages of Slodkie and Nove in the Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine, and Gnativka in the Donestk region.