China’s coast guard has increased the tempo and duration of its patrols since Japan nationalized the Senkaku islands in 2012.

FILE - Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force P-3C Orion surveillance plane flies over the disputed islands, called the Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, in the East China Sea, on Oct. 13, 2011. (Kyodo ...

Japan and China agreed on Tuesday to restart coronavirus-hit business travel this month and to continue talks on disputed isles in the East China Sea, in the first high-level dialogue since Japan ...

Japan and China have accused each other of violating the airspace around the Japanese-controlled East China Sea islands, which Beijing also claims. The latest territorial flap came as both appeared to ...

YOKOSUKA, Japan — Tokyo is unlikely to provide direct military support in the event of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan and would instead focus on defending its nearby outlying islands, a foreign policy ...

China and Japan have traded accusations of airspace violations near a group of islets in the contested East China Sea, currently administered by the United States treaty ally. Tokyo severely protested ...

As well as a new sub-launched cruise missile, Japan will be getting upgraded versions of its Type 12 anti-ship missile for ...

China has continued its Coast Guard patrols around a disputed islet group administered by Japan in the East China Sea for a record-breaking 216 consecutive days, Tokyo has said.

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 collision.

BEIJING (Reuters) - China and Japan sought to cool down tensions over a chafing territorial dispute on Friday, with Communist Party chief Xi Jinping telling an envoy from Japanese Prime Minister ...

Just days after Chinese fighter jets caused near-collisions with Japanese intelligence aircraft over the Pacific, Japan’s defense ministry released a report identifying rising Chinese aggression as ...

Japan and China reached a deal this week to end their ongoing dispute involving wastewater from a nuclear plant. On Friday, the two Asian nations said that a deal had been reached to resolve their ...