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SENKAKU

A Japan Coast Guard vessel sails near one of the disputed East China Sea islands that Japan calls the Senkakus and China calls Diaoyu, in August 2013.
JAPAN
Apr 28, 2024
China confronts Japanese politicians visiting near disputed East China Sea islets
The Japanese group, including former Defense Minister Tomomi Inada, was on an inspection mission organized by the city of Ishigaki, in Okinawa Prefecture.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 7, 2022
China and Russia likely agreed to boost surveillance around Japan, sources say
Chinese and Russian military officials are likely to have agreed to strengthen their surveillance activities to boost 'strategic deterrence against Japan,' the Chinese sources said.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan / Geoeconomic Briefing
May 10, 2022
To navigate the Senkaku Islands dispute, look to history
The COVID-19 pandemic, Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the continuing rise of China have changed the world, but Beijing's approach to its territorial claims has also evolved.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 28, 2021
Why some in Japan are unsettled about Biden
There is a strong undercurrent of nostalgia for some of the more combative elements of the Trump administration among a swath of both Japan officialdom and the public.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Jan 28, 2021
China’s calls for cooperation ring hollow
If the Biden administration gets the big picture — “the larger context of its foreign policy” — right, then differences with allies will be manageable.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 17, 2020
Bringing the MSDF to Ishigaki Island amid China’s ramped-up territorial ambitions
Ishigaki Island voters have a keen awareness of national security needs. This is especially true in recent years as China's territorial ambitions toward the Senkaku Islands
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 15, 2020
Suga’s Senkaku Islands test
Neither side knows how the other will respond, though China currently has the upper hand given that it's just another move in its long-held strategy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 30, 2020
Tokyo must thwart Beijing's Senkaku strategy
Japan undoubtedly faces hard choices. But accommodation with an unyielding China is simply not possible.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 11, 2020
Japan’s legal response in the gray zone
China's tactics around the Senkaku Islands are even more dangerous than similar moves in the South China Sea.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 27, 2020
Senkakus battle: Just a war game for now
In July 2030, China deploys civilians and military forces on one of the Senkaku Islands, declaring a no-fly, no-sail zone and threatening to use force if the perimeter is violated. Tokyo condemns Beijing and vows to defend its territory with its amphibious units — hopefully with U.S. military support.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 13, 2019
The Senkaku issue as seen from the Falklands War
Are Japan's politicians are up to the test if the Senkaku Islands were seized?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 12, 2019
China's Senkaku Islands ambition
China aims to establish a situation of de facto co-administration of the Senkakus as a stepping stone to vying for sole administration at some point in the future.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 28, 2019
Japan asks China to hold 'two-plus-two' security talks in hopes of de-escalating dispute over Senkakus
The Japanese government has suggested to China that the countries should begin holding meetings between their foreign and defense ministers in order to deepen mutual understanding on security issues, diplomatic sources said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 1, 2019
Senior diplomats from Japan and China vow to work on restoring trust in security affairs
Senior diplomats from Japan and China pledged Friday to try to bolster mutual trust over security affairs, as the two countries remain at odds — despite improved political ties — over a group of East China Sea islands that both claim.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 5, 2018
Defense Ministry to develop large underwater drone to monitor remote islands, government sources say
The program will be included in Japan's five-year security plan that takes effect next April.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 16, 2018
In sign of better ties, China tells fishers to steer clear of disputed, Japan-held Senkaku islets
In another sign of improving bilateral relations, Chinese fishery authorities have instructed fishers not to get close to the disputed Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands, a source said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 4, 2018
Japanese helicopter carrier Kaga to embark on two-month tour of South China Sea and Indian Ocean
Japan will send a large helicopter carrier to the South China Sea and Indian Ocean for a second straight year as it looks to bolster its presence in the strategic maritime region with annual tours, two Japanese officials said.
EDITORIALS
Apr 26, 2018
China flexes its maritime military muscle
It is up to Japan, working with allies and partners, to make it clear to decision-makers in Beijing that military force for anything but defense is a mistake.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 31, 2018
Tokyo raises concern over Beijing order to Muji to scrap catalogs with maps failing to show disputed islands
The central government has communicated its concerns to Beijing over an order to scrap Tokyo-based retailer Muji's catalogs that contained maps that did not show the Senkaku Islands, the top government spokesman said Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 25, 2018
Japan opens permanent exhibition on territorial disputes over Senkakus and Takeshima
A government-sponsored exhibition highlighting Japanese sovereignty over islands with disputed claims by China and South Korea opened its doors Thursday, in the Municipal Research Building located in Tokyo.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Did Japan intervene to prop up the yen? Analysts think it did.
A man walks past an electronic board displaying the exchange rate for the yen against the U.S. dollar (right) in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
A peek inside the brains of ‘super-agers’
For a little more than a decade, scientists have been studying a subset of people they call "super-agers.” These individuals are age 80 and older, but they have the memory ability of a person 20 to 30 years younger.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.

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