Japanese PM's erroneous remarks on Taiwan draw increasing opposition, criticism in Japan: FM spokesperson

BEIJING, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's erroneous remarks on Taiwan have not only triggered strong outrage among the Chinese people, but also met with increasing opposition and criticism that is objective and reasonable in Japan, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Thursday.

Foreign ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun made the remarks in response to a relevant query at a regular news briefing.

Guo added that he noted the former editor-in-chief of Sekai Magazine and former president of Iwanami Shoten said Takaichi has repeatedly mentioned having "dialogues" with China, but meaningful dialogue must be based on mutual respect, equality and efforts to understand the other side, and that "her current attitude does not meet the conditions for genuine dialogue."

"These comments point to the essence of the issue," Guo said.