Tokyo has asked Russia not to conduct marine surveys or resource exploration within Japan's exclusive economic zone without permission, Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said Tuesday. On the morning of June 5, the Japan Coast Guard spotted a Russian vessel hanging what appeared to be a ...
Taiwan's Foreign Ministry said Sunday it is working to sign an agreement with Japan governing scientific research in disputed waters of the East China Sea. In a statement, the ministry said Taiwan and Japan agreed last year to establish a working group to discuss scientific ...
One of the missiles fired into the Sea of Japan on Monday landed about 200 km north of the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture.
North Korea demonstrated its growing military capabilities with the launch of four ballistic missiles Monday, three of which fell into the Sea of Japan, in what Prime Minister Shinzo Abe characterized as "a new level of threat." Officials said the North fired the barrage at ...
China is brushing off a diplomatic protest by Japan over gas exploration in the East China Sea. "They are totally within the scope of China's sovereign rights and jurisdiction," Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told a regular news briefing Thursday, referring to the ongoing exploration ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says his government is "seriously considering" collecting the debris of North Korean ballistic missiles that have fallen in waters near Japan.
Chinese Defense Minister Chang Wanquan has warned of maritime security threats and called for increased preparations for what he termed a "people's war at sea" as Beijing seeks to "safeguard sovereignty" after last month's international tribunal ruling rejected its historic claims to much of ...
Taipei is stepping up diplomatic efforts to clarify its position on Okinotorishima Island, the southernmost point of Japanese territory, after a Taiwanese fishing boat and its crew were detained by the Japan Coast Guard for fishing in adjacent waters. Tsai Ming-yaw, secretary-general of the Association ...
Tokyo and Moscow have agreed that Japan's quota for catching Russian-spawned salmon and trout in Japan's exclusive economic zone will be 2,050 tons in 2016, the same amount agreed to in 2015, the Fisheries Agency said. Under the agreement reached in Tokyo, the government will ...
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Monday that Japan has been protesting China's construction of new gas field development facilities in the East China Sea since June 2013. "We have repeatedly protested against China's unilateral gas development and have urged China to stop it," Suga ...
Tokyo and Taipei agree to amend a treaty covering fishing in waters off the Japan-administered and Taiwan-claimed Senkaku Islands.
A Taiwan-Japan joint fishery committee will meet in Tokyo this week to discuss fishing arrangements in waters off the Senkaku Islands. Administered by Japan, the isles are claimed by both China and Taiwan. Chou Shyue-yow, deputy director general of the ministry's Department of East Asian and ...
