With sushi lunches and chocolate bars adorned with the face of Japan’s new prime minister, Taiwanese businesses, officials and citizens are rallying to support their neighbor as it faces pressure from Beijing over remarks that Tokyo could intervene militarily to defend Taiwan from a Chinese attack.

随着寿司午餐和印有日本新首相头像的巧克力引发热议，台湾企业、官员和民众正在团结起来支持自己的邻居。东京方面此前表示，日本可能会在中国对台发动攻击时进行军事干预，引发了北京强烈反弹。

After Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of Japan said this month that an attempt by Beijing to take over Taiwan could trigger a military response from Japan, Beijing has sent military ships to patrol disputed waters near Japan, advised its citizens not to travel to the country, and signaled that it would restrict imports of Japanese seafood.

日本首相高市早苗本月表示，若北京企图夺取台湾可能会引发日本的军事回应。此后，北京派出军舰在靠近日本的争议水域巡逻，发布赴日旅游警告，并释放将限制日本海产品进口的信号。

This is painfully familiar territory for Taiwan, which has faced increasing economic and military threats as China has sought to isolate it from international support. And Japan has seen a resumption of public support for Taiwan in the face of Beijing’s insistence that the island democracy is part of China’s territory.

这对台湾而言是痛苦的熟悉境遇——随着中国试图切断其国际支持，台湾面临日益加剧的经济与军事威胁。而面对北京坚持将这个民主岛屿视为中国领土的立场，日本民众对台湾的支持也在重新高涨。

When Beijing banned imports of Taiwanese pineapples in 2021, Japan ordered a record 19,000 tons of the fruit that year, and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe — Ms. Takaichi’s political mentor — posed with a Taiwanese pineapple.

当北京在2021年禁止进口台湾凤梨时，日本在那一年订购了创纪录的1.9万吨凤梨，日本首相安倍晋三——高市早苗的政治导师——还与台湾凤梨合影。

Now Taiwan is eager to return the favor. The government in Taipei has lifted all restrictions on imports of Japanese food, including seafood, that had been in place since the Fukushima nuclear meltdown in 2011. A day before that announcement on Friday, Taiwan’s president, Lai Ching-te, posted a video of himself eating a plate of sushi that included scallops from the Japanese island of Hokkaido and yellowtail from Kagoshima in southern Kyushu.

现在台湾热切地投桃报李。台北政府已经取消了自2011年福岛核事故以来对日本食品进口的所有限制，包括海产品。就在周五宣布解禁的前一天，台湾总统赖清德发布了一段自己品尝寿司的视频——其中包含日本北海道产的扇贝和九州南部鹿儿岛产的