False posts target Japan PM Takaichi’s grandfather on Taiwan social media

False claims that Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's grandfather served as an Imperial Japanese Army officer during the invasion of China have been spreading on Taiwanese social media, a nonprofit group has said.

Taiwan FactCheck Center, which probes disinformation online, said 21 accounts, including 13 believed to be Chinese, were found to have misnamed the Japanese leader's grandfather and used an unrelated photo. Takaichi's office told Kyodo News, "He had a different name and he was not a Japanese soldier."