China
September 22, 2012
China underscored its claim to the Senkaku Islands on Sept. 21, when three additional patrol ships joined what is now a de facto Chinese government flotilla in waters close to...
September 21, 2012
China is imposing burdensome customs checks more frequently on goods from Japan, potentially slowing activity by Japanese businesses such as carmakers operating there.
September 21, 2012
Chinese fishery monitoring officers boarded Chinese fishing boats in waters near the Senkaku Islands Sept. 20 and carried out inspections, acting as if the waters lay within...
September 20, 2012
Japan's largest business group announced Sept. 19 it has canceled a joint Japan-China trade fair, as the dispute over the Senkaku Islands continues to strain economic relations ...
September 20, 2012
I traveled to Britain in June and July to collect information for a series of articles on the power structure of the Chinese Communist Party, before the start of the London...
September 20, 2012
BRUSSELS--China, the world's biggest carbon dioxide emitter, has struck a deal to work with the European Union to cut greenhouse gases through projects including the...
September 19, 2012
The anti-Japan protests in China have seen the destruction and looting of Japanese businesses and shops.
September 19, 2012
As the standoff over the Senkaku Islands continues, China's government is telling its citizens it stands firm on claiming the territory it calls Diaoyu. But internationally,...
September 19, 2012
As the standoff over the Senkaku Islands continues, China's government is telling its citizens it stands firm on claiming the territory it calls Diaoyu. But internationally,...
September 19, 2012
The anti-Japan protests in China have seen the destruction and looting of Japanese businesses and shops.
September 19, 2012
Japanese companies shuttered stores and closed factories across China on Sept. 18 as anti-Japan protests swept the country.
September 19, 2012
China has withdrawn its badminton players from this week's Japan Open and a Japanese cycling team has been kicked out of a race in China amid a worsening political crisis over...
September 18, 2012
A former president of Panasonic has condemned mob violence against a company once lauded by China's leaders, after anti-Japan protesters smashed their way into an electronic...
September 18, 2012
CHENGDU--The trial of an ex-police chief at the center of a lurid, divisive political scandal ended Sept. 18, bringing China's leadership closer to resolving a case that...
September 18, 2012
SALIMA/BEIJING--Malawians bill their country as the "Warm Heart of Africa" and pride themselves on a reputation for friendliness. But Jaffa Shaibu, a burly 32-year-old merchant ...
September 18, 2012
The 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and six other countries in the Asia-Pacific region, including Japan, have agreed to start negotiations for...
September 18, 2012
Anti-Japanese demonstrations continue to rage across China over the Senkaku Islands dispute. And now, like a violent typhoon making landfall at spring tide, Japan's...
September 18, 2012
BEIJING/ TOKYO--Hundreds of Japanese businesses and the country's embassy suspended services in China on Sept. 18, expecting further escalation in violent protests over a...
September 18, 2012
CINCINNATI/ GENEVA,--President Barack Obama on Sept. 17 said the United States was challenging Chinese auto and auto-parts subsidies that threatened American jobs as he...
September 18, 2012
Japan's Coast Guard says two Japanese have landed on one of the islands at the center of a blazing territorial dispute with China.