In a world beset by conflict in the Middle East and an enduring war in Ukraine, tensions are again heating up in East Asia.

China and Japan are two of Asia’s most powerful nations and the region’s biggest trading partners. Yet centuries of intense ...

Diplomatic crises often change the stakes for each, and for the Japanese, the consequences of this crisis are multifaceted.

The use of both international lawfare and historical narrative warfare signals a major, under-recognized shift in China’s ...

In a hypothetical world without US involvement, what could China do in a war against Japan? What options does it have and ...

PM Sanae Takaichi's stance on Taiwan could cause tensions with China to spiral out of hand, writes Kerry Brown.

In 1972, it finally recognised the People’s Republic of China and agreed to the “one China principle”, in effect severing formal diplomatic ties with Taiwan. However, Japan has maintained firm ...

The Japanese leader’s candor over Taiwan brought the shared regional stakes out into the open, and the U.S. must stand behind ...

China has repeatedly demanded retraction of the original remarks, failing which it has threatened more countermeasures, after warning citizens against travel to Japan, banning imports of its seafood, ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping told U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday that Taiwan's \"return to China\" at the end of World War Two was a key part of Beijing's vision for the world order. Read more ...

BENXI, China (AP) — Eighty years after the end of World War II, Japan and China are marking the anniversary with major events, but on different dates and in different ways. US raid allegedly killed ...