Chinese coast guard vessels were spotted sailing near Japan's Senkaku Islands for 355 days last year, a new record.

Five Diet members inspected areas around the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, drawing a rebuke from China, which also claims the uninhabited islets. “We looked at the status of ...

Emboldened by a law allowing wider weapons use, the Chinese Coast Guard has repeatedly and more brazenly tested Japan’s resolve to avoid escalating tensions around the Senkaku Islands in the ...

EXPERTS called for stronger cooperation among like-minded nations amid expectations that China will continue its aggressive operations in the West Philippine Sea this year. They made the statement ...

The China Coast Guard (CCG) also set a record for the number of vessels operating in the waters around the ...

Chinese coast guard vessels were again spotted near the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Tuesday, ...

Japan controls the Senkaku Islands. China and Taiwan claim them. The Japanese government maintains the islands are an inherent part of Japan's territory, in terms of history and international law.

The Shikoku Basin is near the hotly contested Senkaku Islands, known as the Diaoyu Islands in China and the Tiaoyutai Islands in Taiwan, which is covered under the U.S.-Japan security treaty.

Beijing’s action aims to undermine Tokyo’s sovereignty over the islands and push Japanese defensive capacities to their limit ...

Leaving Japan to fend for itself would be an end to the U.S.-Japanese Mutual Defense Treaty.

Tensions are rising all across Northeast Asia, not just in the Taiwan Strait. Beijing has been escalating claims over the Senkaku Islands (which Taiwan calls Diaoyutai, 釣魚台), Okinawa and the Russian ...