China protests to Japan over alleged break-in at its embassy in Tokyo

China has lodged a protest to Japan over an alleged break-in at the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo. An individual who claimed to be a Japan Self-Defense 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. The Ground Self-Defense Force told The Associated Press it was aware of the report and currently investigating but couldn’t comment on it. Tensions between the two Asian rivals have escalated since November over remarks by Japanese Prime Sanae Takaichi's over Taiwan.