Beijing is turning up the pressure on Tokyo. After Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi warned that a Chinese attack on Taiwan could trigger a Japanese military response, China has issued a veiled threat—warning there's “no market” for Japanese seafood exports.

Beijing said on Thursday that Premier Li Qiang has no arrangements to meet with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi during this week's G20 Summit in South Africa, and urged Japan to "behave itself".

Takashi Ito, owner of a restaurant in Shanghai, had been looking forward to China's lifting of a ban on imports of Japanese seafood - only to have his hopes dashed this week amid an increasingly heated diplomatic spat between Beijing and Tokyo.

China stepped up its economic war with Japan on Wednesday as a dispute between Asia’s two biggest economies intensified over a remark by Tokyo's new leader about a Japanese response to any Chinese military move against self-ruled Taiwan.

From Beijing vowing ‘further measures’ against Japan over Taiwan comments to relief for Nexperia, here’s a round-up from today’s coverage.

An opening attempt to cool tensions between China and Japan appears to have fallen flat, signaling that the diplomatic spat is likely to drag on and stoking concerns about further strain in economic ties.

Trade cooperation between China and Japan has taken a "great" hit following the recent remarks on Taiwan made by the Japanese prime minister, the Chinese commerce ministry said on Thursday. If Japan insists on going down the "wrong" path,