The number of days China Coast Guard (CCG) vessels were spotted in the contiguous zone around disputed islands in the East ...

Japan Coast Guard officials say Chinese government ships were spotted in the contiguous zone just outside Japanese ...

Chinese coast guard vessels sailed near the Senkaku Islands 357 times last year, setting a record for the fourth year in a ...

Japan has spotted Chinese vessels in waters around the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea for a total of 356 days this ...

BEIJING — A China Coast Guard ship formation passed through the waters of the Senkaku Islands on Sunday on a “rights enforcement patrol,” the China Coast Guard said in a statement, as Beijing ramps up ...

The primary security challenge for Japan today is China’s behavior over the disputed Senkaku Islands (known in China as the Diaoyu Islands). In the fall of 1968, the United Nations Economic Commission ...

Beijing brushed aside Tokyo’s protests this week after publishing an official map that depicts disputed islets claimed by Japan in the East China Sea as Chinese territory. China on Wednesday also ...

The Japanese policy debate on the Senkaku/Diaoyu islands is heating up. China’s Coast Guard Law, passed in January, stimulated nationalist reactions in Japan. Hinting at the possibility of using the ...

Since the Nixon administration, the United States has taken the position that territorial sovereignty over the Senkaku Islands was to be decided by the parties involved — Japan, China and Taiwan. From ...

Former students of Asian politics and international relations of a certain age (my age, or a bit older), would in college or graduate school have heard of, if not carefully read, China Crosses the ...

Tension between Japan and China surrounding the Senkaku Islands presents a serious challenge to the stability of East Asia. The situation has become particularly dangerous as both sides are adopting ...

Giddy anticipation and not a little prayerfulness is informing speculations of what Prime Minister Abe Shinzo will achieve at a summit meeting with President Obama at the White House between February ...