Japan is facing its most severe security environment since World War II as three potential adversaries in East Asia – China, Russia and North Korea – ramp up military activities in the region ...

While Japan’s leaders and policymakers see strong support from Mr. Hegseth and other hard-liners on China like Secretary of State Marco Rubio, they remain worried about America First ...

TOKYO — Japan raised strong caution against China’s rapid acceleration of military activity in extensive areas from its southwestern coasts to the Pacific, describing the moves as the biggest ...

China lends pandas to countries, including the US, as goodwill ambassadors and to strengthen trade ties. In Shirahama, unfortunately, this “ panda diplomacy ” seems to have run its course.

China and its U.S. ally Japan agreed in 2008 to codevelop gas fields in the region, but negotiations stalled before the two sides could reach an agreement on their official maritime boundaries.

TOKYO (AP) — Japan has demanded China stop flying its fighter jets abnormally close to Japanese intelligence-gathering aircraft, which it said was happening repeatedly and could cause a ...

The report also found U.S. U.S.-China strategic competition has been escalating and that the military balance between China and Taiwan has been rapidly tilting in China’s favor.

China has deployed both of its aircraft carriers—CNS Liaoning and CNS Shandong —to the east of the first island chain since June 7. Japan's military reported that its patrol aircraft was ...

BEIJING — China has reopened its market to seafood from Japan after a nearly two-year ban over the discharge of slightly radioactive wastewater from the tsunami-destroyed Fukushima nuclear power ...

Japan administers the islands and is expected to prioritize their defense if China moves against Taiwan, said Paul Midford, a professor of international studies at Meiji Gakuin University in Tokyo.