India, March 25 -- China says it has protested to Japan over an alleged break-in at the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo.

An individual who claimed to be a Japan Self-Defence Forces officer scaled the wall and forced his way into the embassy compound on Tuesday morning, Lin Jian, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson, said in a news conference in Beijing. Tensions between the two Asian nations have escalated in recent months after Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said in November that a Chinese military action against Taiwan could constitute "a survival-threatening situation" for Japan requiring the use of force. Beijing, which regards the self-governing island as part of its territory, has since stepped up diplomatic and trade reprisals...