China has begun construction of a new structure in waters between China and Japan in the disputed East China Sea, the Japanese foreign ministry said on Tuesday, adding it has lodged a protest with ...

Quantifying the changes in China’s and Japan’s behaviors in the disputed area from 1970 to 2015 reveals six key dynamics: The East China Sea dispute began over oil and gas resources but switched ...

China's foreign ministry on Thursday countered Japan's territorial claims over disputed waters in the East China Sea, calling the move a "grave violation" of Chinese sovereignty.

Japan is also locked in a maritime dispute with China over the Senkaku Islands, an uninhabited island group in the East China Sea administered by Tokyo and claimed by Beijing as the Diaoyu Islands.

TOKYO, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Qu Qingshan, a member of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, led a CPC delegation on a visit to Japan from Wednesday to Friday. Qu, who is also head of ...

Japan and China have been in a long-running dispute over the Senkaku islands that Beijing calls the Diaoyu.

The record-breaking intrusion happened as Japan's foreign minister met with senior counterparts in China over the weekend.

The East China Sea dispute began over oil and gas resources but switched toward a contest for military and administrative control as China rapidly expanded its naval and coast guard presence in the ...

China and Japan exchange protests after ‘right-wing extremists’ fly plane over disputed islands Japan scrambles jets after China launches coastguard helicopter to expel civilian aircraft near ...

-Additionally, Japan’s Senkaku Islands could be a strategic target due to historical animosities and as a means to rally nationalist support within China amid economic downturns.

Japan and China have accused each other of violating the airspace around the Japanese-controlled East China Sea islands, which Beijing also claims.

Japan and China on Thursday mark the 50th anniversary of the 1972 normalization of their ties, but there isn’t much of a celebratory mood.