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

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 ImagesA 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.