Senkaku Islands
June 20, 2013
Global attention was focused on the Sunnylands Summit meeting between U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Over a total of eight hours of discussions,...
June 19, 2013
SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND, Calif.-- Members of Japan's Self-Defense Forces teamed with U.S. Marines in Southern California on June 17 for amphibious training partly aimed at sending...
June 14, 2013
U.S. President Barack Obama urged his Chinese counterpart to exercise strategic self-restraint over China’s pursuit of maritime interests at their recent meeting in Southern...
June 12, 2013
Chinese President Xi Jinping bluntly signaled the strategic importance of the disputed Senkaku Islands to his country during a recent summit with U.S. President Barack Obama,...
June 12, 2013
NANJING--Tensions over the Senkaku Islands, "obstructive behavior" by rival companies and fierce price wars forced Japan's leading electric appliance retailer to leave Nanjing...
June 10, 2013
SAN DIEGO--Japanese troops will converge on California's southern coast in the next two weeks as part of an unprecedented military exercise with U.S. troops aimed at improving...
June 09, 2013
RANCHO MIRAGE, California--U.S. President Barack Obama confronted Chinese President Xi Jinping over allegations of cyber theft on June 8 but they agreed at a shirtsleeves...
June 09, 2013
RANCHO MIRAGE, California--U.S. President Barack Obama urged his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, to "de-escalate" a contentious territorial dispute with Japan and deal with...
June 07, 2013
WASHINGTON--The U.S. military capacity to deter China and assure countries in the Western Pacific could diminish, if China successfully deployed new missiles, submarines and...
June 05, 2013
With Japan and France looking to begin joint weapons development, the two countries will first set up a bilateral committee that will address concerns of exports of weapons to...
June 04, 2013
BEIJING--Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka in 1972 confirmed that Japan and China agreed to shelve the dispute over the Senkaku Islands, a statement that contradicts the official...
June 04, 2013
Japan and the United States will go ahead with a joint military exercise in California to simulate recapturing remote islands, despite protests from China, sources said.
June 02, 2013
SINGAPORE--China on June 2 deflected criticism over its actions in several maritime disputes with its neighbors and defended its relationship with North Korea.
June 02, 2013
The Chinese newspaper People’s Daily on May 8 ran an essay asserting that “the issue of Okinawa’s sovereignty is unresolved,” causing a stir in Japan.
June 01, 2013
SINGAPORE--Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera said Japan’s moves to enhance security and discuss its pacifist Constitution do not show that the nation is shifting to...
May 27, 2013
POTSDAM, Germany--In an apparent reference to the sovereignty dispute over the Senkaku Islands, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, on an official visit to Germany, delivered a speech...
May 24, 2013
Chinese nationalists are seeking leverage for the Senkaku/Diaoyu dispute. Japan shouldn’t play into their hands, writes Taylor Washburn, a lawyer studying at the Johns...
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 14, 2013
The Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry has decided to postpone sending special delegates to Beijing for a meeting scheduled May 26-30 because of the poor state of relations ...