The education ministry is set lay out new curriculum guidelines that bind schools to teach young students the disputed Senkaku and Takeshima islets are “integral parts of Japanese territory.”
The governor of Hokkaido expressed disappointment Wednesday that the minister in charge of pushing for the return from Russia of islands off her prefecture did not know the name of one. "It's extremely regrettable. I want the minister (Aiko Shimajiri) to say the name of ...
In the quest to address a a decades-old territorial dispute, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday that it is necessary to hold a meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The Russian leader said in a meeting with reporters in St. Petersburg that he believes it ...
China criticized Japan on Tuesday for making "groundless accusations" against Beijing in its annual defense white paper. The Chinese Defense Ministry said in a statement the content of the report was "deliberately exaggerating China's threat" to give Japan an "excuse" to adjust its security policy ...
A group of 65 people, including former residents of Russian-held islands claimed by Japan off Hokkaido, left the port of Nemuro on Saturday bound for Kunashiri, one of the disputed isles, under a visa-free exchange program. The members, including former Diet lawmaker Muneo Suzuki, a ...
Japan and China should "freeze" their differences over the Senkaku Islands and focus on economic matters to improve strained relations, former Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa said. "Neither of us can compromise on those uninhabited islands even by 1 millimeter," Niwa said in a ...
South Korean businesses are increasingly acquiring real estate around the Maritime Self-Defense Force's base on Tsushima Island, arousing speculation that some of the purchases are related to espionage by Seoul. Tsushima is situated in the Sea of Japan about 50 km from the Korean Peninsula ...
The Foreign Ministry has lodges a protest over President Xi Jinping’s assertions on the number of Chinese killed by the Japanese army during the 1937 Nanjing Massacre.
As Japan and the United States start talks on how to respond to armed incidents that fall short of a full-scale attack on Japan, officials in Tokyo worry that their ally is reluctant to send China a strong message of deterrence. Military officials meet this ...
The deputy foreign ministers of Japan and Russia met Friday in Tokyo to resume talks for settling the long-standing territorial dispute over the Russian-held islands off Hokkaido. Deputy Foreign Minister Shinsuke Sugiyama is representing Japan while the Russian delegation is led by Deputy Foreign Minister ...
Gerald Curtis advises Japan to “take pride in admitting what you’re not proud of” instead of hunkering down on the history issue.
Chinese and Japanese experts on maritime and international relations huddled this week in Tokyo to discuss ways to keep the simmering tensions over the Senkaku Islands from escalating into a military clash. Setting aside the issue of sovereignty over the East China Sea islets — ...
