Dragon’s wrath: Chinese media’s unrelenting criticism of Fumio Kishida and Japan

In the aftermath of President Yoon Suk Yeol's historic visit to Japan on 16 March, 2023, which marked the first South Korean presidential visit to Japan in over a decade and sought to reestablish relations long frozen since 2011, there has been a notable uptick in negative commentary from Chinese media outlets directed towards Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. Undoubtedly, the recent decision by Japan and South Korea to set aside their differences and work in tandem is attributable to the ongoing rapid modernisation of China's military capabilities, coupled with the alarming frequency of North Korean missile tests of varying…