Beijing has imposed sanctions on Shigeru Iwasaki, former chief of the Joint Staff of the Japan Self-Defence Forces, saying he had “colluded with separatist forces” in Taiwan, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Monday.
It comes after Beijing lodged a protest with Tokyo in March over the appointment of Iwasaki as an honorary adviser to the Executive Yuan, the Taiwanese government’s highest administrative body.
The “countermeasures” include freezing Iwasaki’s movable and immovable assets and other types of property within China, the foreign ministry statement said.
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It said organisations and individuals in China were also barred from engaging in transactions, cooperation or other activities with Iwasaki.
In addition, Iwasaki has been prohibited from obtaining a visa or entry into mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau.
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“Shigeru Iwasaki openly colluded with the ‘Taiwan independence’ separatist forces, seriously violating the one-China principle and the spirit of the four political documents between China and Japan, seriously interfering in China’s internal affairs, and seriously damaging China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity,” read the statement.