🇨🇳🇯🇵 CHINA’S DIPLOMAT GOES FULL METAL TROLL - TOKYO FIRES BACK
“Cut off that dirty neck.”
That’s what China’s Consul General in Osaka wrote about Japan’s new Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi - on X, no less - before deleting it faster than Beijing can say lost face.
Japan’s response? Ice cold: “Extremely inappropriate.”
That's clean diplomatic rage disguised as understatement.
Washington jumped in too, calling it a threat - because when a Chinese envoy quotes execution fantasies, you can’t just scroll past.
Here’s the subtext: Takaichi’s been signaling Japan will back Taiwan if Beijing moves. That’s her red line.
Xue Jian’s post? A digital saber rattle straight from the wolf warrior playbook.
But the real tension’s bigger than one tweet.
This is the first major test of Takaichi’s premiership - a woman known for hardline stances and zero patience for CCP chest-beating.
If Beijing thought it could intimidate her, it just made her a nationalist icon overnight.
Next move? Don’t expect Japan to expel him... yet. They’ll let Beijing stew in its own PR disaster.
But if “wolf warrior diplomacy” keeps going feral, expect Tokyo to bite back - quietly, surgically, and with U.S. backing.
The mask slips. The game begins.
Source: Reuters
🇯🇵🇺🇸 JAPAN AND U.S. TEAM UP TO MINE RARE EARTHS IN THE PACIFIC
Japan and the U.S. have struck a deal to mine rare earths near Minamitorishima Island, aiming to curb dependence on China for critical minerals.
Japan will begin deep-sea extraction tests in January, pulling rare-earth-rich mud from depths of 6,000 meters.
The site, roughly 1,950 kilometers from Tokyo, could become a strategic supply source for both nations as competition over mineral access intensifies.
Source: Bloomberg