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'Takaichi Fallout:' 40 percent of flights from China cut in December

CGTN

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Some 40 percent of scheduled flights from China to Japan in December have been canceled, totaling more than 1,900 flights, according to travel platform Umetrip. The decline in air passenger travel between China and Japan comes amid tensions in China-Japan relations triggered by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's provocative statements on China's Taiwan region in November, which have since drawn sharp criticism both at home and abroad.

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