Former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama started on Tuesday a four-day visit to China, during which he hopes to meet with national leaders, including Xi Jinping, who replaced Hu Jintao as head of the Communist Party in December. Hatoyama, known as being friendly with China, ...

The U.S. Senate on Thursday unanimously approved an amendment to the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act that is designed to counter attempts by China to challenge Japan’s administration of the Senkaku Islands but sidesteps the question of who has ultimate sovereignty over the disputed ...