Japan announced that he did not change his views on relations with Taiwan, after China was angry because Prime Minister Suga called the island as a country.

Nothing changed in Japan's basic perspective on maintaining a non-governmental relationship, which is practical to Taiwan in line with the joint statement of Japan - Trung in 1972, Chief of Office of Japanese Cabinet Katsunobu

The statement of Tokyo offers two days after Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga seems to miss his mouth when calling Taiwan is the country.

Chief of Japanese Cabinet Office Katsunobu Kato.

China extremely opposed the prime minister's statement, seeing this serious commitment to Japan that does not consider Taiwan as a country, while calling on Japan to clarify the problem and ensure incident

China also said that Japan violated the general statement in 1972, issued when the two countries officially established relations.

China always sees Taiwan Island as part of the territory waiting for unified, including the use of force.

Meanwhile, the relationship between Japan and Taiwan Island is warming up recently.

In April, the first time mentioned Taiwan in the general statement between the US and Japan since 1969, US President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Suga emphasized the importance of peace and stability on the Taiwan Strait

The Japanese National Assembly on June 11 approved the Resolution urging the World Health Organization (WHO) to bring Taiwan into the general meetings of this organization.