Japan Urged to Declare Chinese Diplomat ‘Persona Non Grata’ Over Death Threat to PM

Despite facing backlash, Chinese state media have dialed up verbal attacks against Takaichi.

Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (R) attends a session of the House of Representatives' Budget Committee at the National Diet in Tokyo on Nov. 10, 2025. Kazuhiro NOGI/AFP via Getty Images

A senior Chinese diplomat’s violent threats directed at Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi have sparked a fresh firestorm in Tokyo, prompting calls for the diplomat’s expulsion from Japan.

At a meeting on Nov. 11, Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) adopted a resolution demanding a decisive response to the beheading comments made by Xue Jian, the Chinese consul-general in Osaka, in Western Japan.