Tokyo DispatchJapan, in EnglishCompanies operating in China dropped by 2,916 to 10,118 as of June 2026, a survey by Teikoku Databank shows, as Beijing's pressure over the Taiwan statement takes a business toll.
A commentator says the episode shows Japanese firms absorbing real business damage from a political information campaign they have no part in.
A cultural anthropologist studying services that recreate the dead with generative AI says Chinese use spread fast under early rules, while Japanese users treat the technology as a kind of altar.
A year after Sanae Takaichi said a Taiwan contingency could trigger collective self-defense, a former foreign minister carried a compromise to Beijing and was told the leaders must fix it.
A party-affiliated reporter says a Global Times editorial went too far in tying the launch of Japan's new intelligence agency to Unit 731, a sign that the pressure to draw traffic is shaping the coverage.
China keeps pressing Tokyo to retract the prime minister's answer on Taiwan, while telling Japanese business it remains a valued economic partner.
