The United States is reluctant to mention the islets at the center of a dispute between Japan and China in the statement to be released after next week’s summit, a person familiar with Tokyo-Washington ties said Wednesday. The government proposed releasing a leaders’ statement ...
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida has decided to postpone his planned visit to Russia, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday. The government has determined that the trip this month could affect Japan’s alliance with the United States, which blames Russia over growing unrest in eastern Ukraine, ...
Japan's territorial disputes with China and South Korea will enter all social studies textbooks for elementary school students starting in 2015, the education ministry says.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Saturday criticized Japan’s leaders for mishandling historical issues, saying their recent words and deeds are running counter to the spirit the two countries shared when they normalized diplomatic relations in 1972. “The current situation is not something we ...
Filipino fishermen have reported that a Chinese coast guard vessel used a water cannon to drive them away from a disputed shoal, the Philippine military chief said Monday, adding that his forces seek to avoid trouble but would respond if any country involved in ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe should realize that his revisionist perception of Japan's war in the 1930s and '40s is putting Japan in a weak position diplomatically, especially with regard to its negotiations with Russia to resolve a northern territorial issue.
For Yuki Nishida, 23, the Soviet Union and Russia had long been the frightening foes who seized Kunashiri Island, where his grandmother lived, after Japan’s World War II surrender. His 78-year-old grandmother routinely told Nishida about her agonizing days in 1945 when the Soviets ...
China’s trade with Japan fell 5.1 percent in 2013 to $312.5 billion, down for the second straight year, the General Customs Administration said Friday. The decline was even worse than the 3.9 percent contraction in 2012 and reflected the lingering effects of the Senkaku ...
A Chinese man was rescued by the Japan Coast Guard after failing to land a hot air balloon on the Senkaku Islands on New Year’s Day, an official said Thursday. Xu Shuaijun, a 35-year-old cook, set out from Fujian province on Wednesday morning, aiming ...
Maps printed in China from 1949 until July 1971 made no reference to Diaoyu, the name China uses to claim the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands.
A Chinese coral fishing boat captain was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of fishing in Japan’s exclusive economic zone, the Japan Coast Guard said. The captain allegedly tried to flee despite an order to stop, the Coast Guard added. The Chinese captain and 11 other ...
Senior diplomats from South Korea, Japan and China will hold talks Thursday in Seoul to discuss regional and international issues of common interest, the South Korean Foreign Ministry said Tuesday. South Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Kyung-soo, Deputy Foreign Minister Shinsuke Sugiyama and Chinese ...
