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.

China advised its citizens Friday to refrain from traveling to Japan in the near future. It cited earlier attacks against Chinese in Japan and what it called Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi 's "erroneous remarks" on Taiwan, which it said undermined the atmosphere for China-Japan exchange.

China’s benchmark bond yield is poised to fall below Japan’s, a historic crossover that may reignite fears the world’s No. 2 economy is sliding into the deflationary spiral that paralyzed its neighbor in the 1990s.

Taiwan President Lai Ching-te showed his support for Japan on Thursday with a lunch of Japanese-sourced sushi, after China indicated it would ban all imports of the country's seafood in an escalating dispute over the Chinese-claimed island.

A spokesperson for China's foreign ministry took a question from a reporter about measures to suspend imports of Japanese marine products during a news conference on Wednesday. Mao Ning said her understanding is that the Japanese side had committed to ...

Tension between Japan and China has escalated over the new Japanese leader's suggestion Tokyo could intervene militarily if Beijing attacks Taiwan.