China Sanctions Japanese Lawmaker Over Taiwan Ties

0:00It's March 30th. This is Global News Today, AI-powered stories from around the world. China just slapped sanctions on Keiji Faruya, a top Japanese lawmaker tight with Prime Minister Senai Takaiqi. They're banning him from entering China, Hong Kong, and Macau, and blocking any dealings with folks or groups there. Beijing says he's colluding with Taiwan's separatists by pushing ties with the island. Faruya runs a cross-party group of Japanese lawmakers focused on Taiwan links. He's made regular trips there, including one-to-tipay in mid-March, where he met President Li Qingte. China sees this as meddling in their turf, since they claimed Taiwan as a province. To Pans government fired back hard, calling it a one-sided intimidation tactic that's unacceptable and bad for relations. They want China to pull it back right away. Faruya shrugged it off, saying he hasn't been to China in decades, has no assets there, and it's normal for lawmakers to connect with shared value. Nations

1:00This hits close to home for Takaiqi, Faruya's ally who ran her party's election strategy. Back in November, she stirred Beijing by calling a potential Chinese attack on Taiwan, a survival threat for Japan, hinting at military, involvement breaking from Japan's usual vague line. Tensions keep ratcheting up between Tokyo and Beijing over Taiwan, with the sanctions serving as China's latest warning shot amid military flybys. And diplomatic spats.