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Japan protests after Chinese foreign ministry official disrespects PM Takaichi

Original: 外務省

A senior Chinese foreign ministry official referred to Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi without an honorific, prompting the Japanese government to lodge a protest with Beijing, saying showing respect to a head of government is a matter of course. The incident has drawn attention amid already strained Japan-China relations.

Why now: Ongoing diplomatic tensions between Japan and China have made any slight toward the Japanese prime minister newsworthy.

Japanese Ministry of Foreign AffairsChinese Ministry of Foreign AffairsSanae Takaichi

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• 中国外務省の幹部、高市首相を呼び捨て 日本政府「敬意払うのは当然」、中国に申し入れ：時事ドットコム · 時事ドットコム

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