Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi delivers an opening statement during a ministerial meeting of the Conference on Cooperation among East Asian Countries for Palestinian Development on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations foreign ministers' meeting in Pasay, Metro Manila, the Philippines, on Wednesday. | POOL / VIA AFP-JIJI
Jul 23, 2026
The top diplomats of Japan and China have had their first exchange since Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s comments about possible Japanese military intervention in a Taiwan crisis in November.
Speaking on the sidelines of Association of Southeast Asian Nations-related meetings in Manila on Thursday, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi told reporters that he had spoken briefly with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, a day earlier.
“We had a brief opportunity to exchange greetings and discuss bilateral relations,” Motegi said.
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