Jan. 28 (Asia Today) -- China and Taiwan responded in starkly different ways to remarks by Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae on possible intervention in the event of a Taiwan contingency, further straining already tense cross-strait relations and worsening ties between Beijing and Tokyo. Takaichi reiterated the comments Sunday, echoing statements she first made in early November, suggesting that Japan's Self-Defense Forces could cooperate with U.S. forces in a contingency to help evacuate