U.S. Ambassador to Japan George Glass has reaffirmed Washington’s support for Tokyo amid mounting threats from the Chinese regime to pressure Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to retract her comments on Taiwan.
“Coercion is a hard habit to break for Beijing,” Glass said on X on Nov. 20. “But just as the United States stood by Japan during China’s last unwarranted ban on Japanese seafood, we will be there for our ally again this time.”
Multiple Japanese media outlets, including public broadcaster NHK, citing unnamed sources, reported on Nov. 18 that Beijing had notified Tokyo of the reimposition of the marine products ban. Beijing claimed that its decision was due to the need to assess the treated wastewater from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, according to NHK….
US Stands by Japan in the Face of CCP’s Seafood Ban, Ambassador Says
