As China reportedly mulls a ban on Japanese seafood amid a standoff between the Asian neighbors, Taiwan's leader shows support for Tokyo, with his lunch.

HONG KONG -- China will suspend imports of Japanese seafood, according to ABC News partner NHK, escalating a diplomatic dispute triggered by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s recent comments suggesting Tokyo could take military action if China attacks Taiwan.

Beijing suggested it might reimpose a ban on seafood imports from Japan after warning its citizens to avoid travel there and postponing the releases of at least two Japanese movies.

Trade cooperation between China and Japan has taken a "great" hit following the recent remarks on Taiwan made by the Japanese prime minister, the Chinese commerce ministry said on Thursday.

China stepped up its economic war with Japan on Wednesday as a dispute between Asia’s two biggest economies intensified over a remark by Tokyo's new leader about a Japanese response to any Chinese military move against self-ruled Taiwan.

China’s benchmark bond yield is poised to fall below Japan’s, a historic crossover that may reignite fears the world’s No. 2 economy is sliding into the deflationary spiral that paralyzed its neighbor in the 1990s.

Japan’s Sanae Takaichi and China’s Xi Jinping met on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Gyeongju in October. China says it fears a ...