Sanae Takaichi

What is circulating

“A post on 25 November 2025 showed a Tsukiji seafood restaurant's "limited time price cut" sign with the caption "Emergency price cuts at Tsukiji, where Chinese tourists have disappeared," linking it to the fallout from Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's 7 November remarks on Taiwan.”

Claimed by Post on X · social media

The facts

Japan Fact-check Center rated the post misleading and inaccurate. A matching image of the same restaurant, menu prices and sign was posted on a review site in August 2025, months before Takaichi's remarks, and other August photos showed the same lower prices. China did urge its citizens on 14 November to avoid travel to Japan, and cancellations followed, but the photo does not show their effect.

Fact check: Japan Fact-check Center

What is circulating

“Posts in October 2025 said Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi created a "Ministry for Mass Deportations" as her first move, quoting her as saying "We are sending them all home, remigration."”

Claimed by Facebook posts in Australia and New Zealand · social media

The facts

AAP FactCheck rated the claim False: no such ministry has been created, and Takaichi's basic policy and first-day statement did not mention immigration or deportation. The video shows Economic Security Minister Kimi Onoda, whose portfolio on coexistence with foreign nationals was set up in July 2025 under former Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, and experts found no record of Takaichi using the word "remigration."

Fact check: AAP FactCheck