Senkaku
May 21, 2013
The unusual government decision to publicize the moves of foreign submarines near Japanese territorial waters is not serving as a deterrent as initially hoped for.
May 15, 2013
BEIJING--China is trying to strengthen its claim on tiny, uninhabited, Japanese-controlled islands by raising questions about the much larger Okinawa chain that is home to more ...
May 10, 2013
SEOUL—Calm responses and increased private-sector exchanges are needed to avoid conflict and repair Japan’s worsening relations with China and South Korea, participants at...
May 09, 2013
With Japan's relations with China and South Korea highly strained by their respective territorial disputes and history issues, experts and researchers from the private sectors...
May 08, 2013
WASHINGTON—Beijing’s “improperly” drawn baselines aimed at strengthening its sovereignty claims over waters around the disputed Senkaku Islands are part of a series of...
May 01, 2013
BEIJING--The United States should be just as concerned as other countries about a rise in Japanese nationalism, China's ambassador to Washington said, hinting that the United...
April 28, 2013
Moored in a cove in eastern Hong Kong, the fishing boat looks like any other--apart, that is, from the red writing scrawled across the large cloth attached to a railing.
April 27, 2013
The Abe administration has adopted a five-year blueprint for protecting maritime interests, partly in an effort to counter territorial claims by China and South Korea.
April 27, 2013
Japanese and Chinese defense officials met April 26 to discuss ways to smooth communications between the two countries in the event of an emergency triggered by a confrontation ...
April 24, 2013
BEIJING--China said on April 24 that "provocative actions" would not sway it from defending its territory, after Japan confirmed it would conduct military drills with the...
April 24, 2013
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party has drawn up a draft proposal for new National Defense Program Guidelines that would greatly expand the role and capabilities of Japan's...
April 24, 2013
Japan and China are moving closer toward making a longstanding plan for an emergency maritime hotline a reality to prevent an accidental confrontation around the disputed...
April 24, 2013
Tensions between Japan and China over disputed islands in the East China Sea could seriously harm U.S. interests, warns Sheila A. Smith, senior fellow for Japan studies at the...
April 18, 2013
The Air Self-Defense Force scrambled jets to intercept Chinese aircraft approaching Japanese airspace a record 306 times in fiscal 2012, the Defense Ministry said April 17,...
April 18, 2013
BEIJING--Chinese warships plied open waters near the disputed Senkaku Islands on April 17, state media reported.
April 18, 2013
The standoff over sovereignty of the Senkaku Islands appears to be impeding plans for a trilateral summit between Japan, China and South Korea.
April 16, 2013
BEIJING--China's defense ministry made a thinly veiled attack on the United States on April 16 for increasing tensions in the Asia-Pacific by ramping up its military presence...
April 14, 2013
WASHINGTON--The United States is fully prepared to defend Japan and South Korea in response to a possible missile launch by North Korea, Ashton Carter, U.S. deputy secretary of ...
April 14, 2013
Though the role of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is to settle disputes between states, it sometimes becomes indirectly involved in cases involving ordinary citizens.
April 10, 2013
TAIPEI--Japan has agreed to give Taiwanese fishing rights in waters near a group of Japanese-controlled islands in the East China Sea that are also claimed by China and Taiwan.