China and Japan are two of Asia’s most powerful nations and the region’s biggest trading partners. Yet centuries of intense rivalry mean their economic embrace can never be taken for granted.

In late December Japanese Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi visited China, where he took part in a series of meetings with his counterpart Wang Yi and other Chinese officials. The trip gave the ...

BEIJING -- A gathering of senior officials from Japan's and China's ruling parties convened for the first time in six years here Tuesday, as incoming U.S. President Donald Trump's trade pressure ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, on Tuesday, pledged to improve communication with China and comprehensively advance the strategic relationship of mutual benefit between the two countries.

A man who attacked a Japanese mother and child with a knife and killed a Chinese bus attendant who tried to defend them has been sentenced to death. Zhou Jiasheng, 52, was found guilty of murder ...

The governing parties of China and Japan held their first dialogue in over six years on Tuesday, agreeing to step up exchanges and promote strategic and mutually beneficial ties. At the dialogue i ...

Japan's foreign ministry separately said in a statement the three leaders have opposed "unilateral attempts to change the status quo by force" in the East and South China Seas, without mentioning ...

JAKARTA -- Indonesia and Japan have agreed to work more closely on security matters as concerns grow over China's maritime expansion and the incoming U.S. administration's commitment to the region.

Japan, Philippines, US Vow to Deepen Cooperation in Face of China's Behaviour MANILA (Reuters) -Japan, the Philippines and the United States vowed to further deepen cooperation under a trilateral ...

At the invitation of Beijing, Moriyama and Nishida are leading a delegation from Japan's ruling coalition to visit China from Monday to Wednesday, where the two sides plan to hold the ninth ...

China's top political advisor Wang Huning on Tuesday met with a delegation of Japan's ruling coalition, led by Secretary General Hiroshi Moriyama of the Liberal Democratic Party and Secretary ...

Japan on Wednesday called for a lowering of tensions amid China's actions in the South China Sea, which includes parts of the Philippines' exclusive economic zone. Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi ...