Japanese tourism and retail stocks fell on Monday after China warned its citizens not to travel to the country as Tokyo and Beijing remain locked in a row over Taiwan.

A senior Japanese diplomat will head to China on today, Japanese media reported, as Tokyo tries to calm an escalating diplomatic spat over Taiwan that

If Japan dares to interfere in China's reunification cause…it would be an act of aggression and definitely meet a firm response from China,' says Chinese embassy in Japan - Anadolu Ajansı

Taiwan was occupied by Japan after Tokyo waged war against China in 1894. The occupation lasted for half a century. On Oct 25, 1945, a ceremony to accept Japan's surrender in the Taiwan province of the China war theater of the Allied powers was held in Taipei.

Beijing has erupted in fury after Japan’s new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi hinted that a Chinese attack on Taiwan could trigger Tokyo’s military response. China summoned Japan’s ambassador, accused Tokyo of “revived militarism,

Both countries have summoned each other’s ambassadors after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said a Chinese attack on Taiwan could draw a military response from Tokyo.