1. The Japanese government says there is no change to its existing position on what constitutes a “survival-threatening situation” for Japan. The government decided on a written reply at a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday. It was drawn up in response to an opposition lawmaker’s question regarding Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae’s recent remark on Taiwan.
2. Japan has sent a letter to the UN secretary-general to rebut China’s assertions over Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae’s remark on Taiwan. Takaichi told the Diet earlier this month that a possible Taiwan emergency involving the use of force by China could be considered a situation that threatens Japan’s survival.
3. Police in Thailand say they believe a woman who allegedly trafficked her 12-year-old daughter in Tokyo will be sent to Japan from Taiwan in one of two months for an investigation. The woman brought her daughter from Thailand to Japan where the mother allegedly made the girl provide sexual services at a so-called private-room massage parlor in Tokyo. The mother then left Japan and was later detained in Taiwan.