As bilateral relations between Beijing and Tokyo continue to spiral, China’s embassy in Japan has advised citizens to put travel plans on hold “in the near term”, citing a recent spike in unprovoked assaults and discrimination.

U.S. President Donald Trump asked Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takiachi not to further escalate a dispute with China during talks this week, sources with knowledge of the matter said, as he tries to preserve a fragile trade war truce with Beijing.

The Chinese Embassy in Tokyo has urged Chinese nationals to refrain from traveling to Japan, as relations between the two countries have soured.

TOKYO (Reuters) -Bank of Japan board member Asahi Noguchi said on Thursday the central bank must take a "measured, step-by-step approach" in raising interest rates. If the pace of rate hikes is too fast, it could hurt companies' wage-hike momentum and put the achievement of the central bank's 2% inflation target further out of reach, Noguchi said.

Japan's Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant, the world's biggest, could be restarted as soon as January pending consent from regional authorities, the plant's director was quoted as saying by Jiji news agency on Thursday.

Across Korea’s retail sector, businesses see a potential upside in the deepening friction between China and Japan.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Japan has dismissed a Chinese letter to the United Nations accusing Tokyo of threatening armed intervention over Taiwan as "inconsistent with the facts and unsubstantiated".

All Nippon Airways offers international travelers flying from Europe to Tokyo free domestic flights to over 40 destinations in Japan, encouraging exploration beyond major cities, with terms for economy class bookings and conditions like a 24-hour Tokyo stopover.