# Former Japanese PM Hatoyama urges Takaichi to withdraw Taiwan remarks

https://mins.news/en/item/63773

- China News Service, 2026-09-18 06:35 UTC
- Politics
- Original: http://www.ecns.cn/cns-wire/2026-09-18/detail-ihfkhtke4053904.shtml

> Former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama urged Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to retract what he called erroneous remarks about China's Taiwan and called on Japan to uphold the one-China policy. Speaking at the Beijing Xiangshan Forum, he said Tokyo should make its continued support absolutely unambiguous.

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