Japan should seriously reflect on and correct its mistakes, and earnestly retract Prime Minister Takaichi's erroneous Taiwan remarks, Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said at a press briefing in Beijing on Wednesday.
Guo made the remarks in response to a question regarding Japan's hyping up the so-called issue of "radar illumination."
"China has repeatedly enunciated its solemn position on this matter, and the facts are very clear. Japan previously claimed that it had not received notification from China, but now it admits it was informed by China in advance. It is self-contradictory and evades the subject under discussion but talks something irrelevant. And the Japanese side has refused to explain why it insisted on dispatching fighter jets to intrude into the Chinese side's exercise zone even as it had received notification in advance, conducted close-in reconnaissance and disruptions, created tensions and persistently hyped up the affair maliciously. Isn't Japan deliberately shifting the focus in an attempt to mislead the international community? What Japan should do now is to face up the root cause of the current difficulties in China-Japan relations, earnestly reflect on and correct its mistakes, and retract Prime Minister Takaichi's erroneous remarks on Taiwan," Guo said.
Japan should earnestly retract erroneous Taiwan remarks: spokesman
