China and Japan

China scores 30/100 toward Japan (unfriendliness, pressure), while Japan scores 32/100 back.

China toward Japan

China blocked a G20 trade consensus, conditioned any ties reset on Japan revising its Taiwan position, protested Yasukuni donations, and urged Japan to severely punish an embassy intruder—reflecting persistent diplomatic pressure and friction rather than engagement.

Japan toward China

Japan is pursuing a record defense budget explicitly targeting China, deploying fighter jets near China with India, and Japanese companies are actively diversifying away from China; lawmakers visited to patch ties but experts see a thaw as unlikely.

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