Japan, China and South Korea will hold ministerial-level health talks Sunday in Seoul, the Japanese government said, amid the recent

Diplomatic feuding between Tokyo and Beijing triggered by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's remarks on Taiwan in November 2025 sparked the spread of a video online that falsely claimed the Chinese government has ordered all Japanese nationals to leave the country.

This follows joint drills by Chinese and Russian strategic bombers and fighters on Tuesday that prompted Japan and South Korea to scramble planes to monitor them.

China’s Liaoning Carrier Strike Group returned Friday to the East China Sea following a six-day patrol near Japan’s southwest region that saw Beijing fighters twice lock radar onto Japanese aircraft tracking the strike group.

While diplomatic tensions between the two countries are not new, both have little to gain from the current dispute subsiding.