Any move by China to leave Japan without pandas would extend and deepen a diplomatic row that erupted in November when ...

While diplomatic tensions between the two countries are not new, both have little to gain from the current dispute subsiding.

As Japan's ties with China worsened after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi expressed support for Taiwan in November 2025, social ...

As relations with China continue to deteriorate, Japan is embarking on its biggest military buildup in at least four decades.

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Wednesday that Japan will seek to build constructive and stable relations with China through dialogue amid the recent escalation of bilateral tensions. At a press ...

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

"Lifting a rock only to drop it on one's own foot" is a well known Chinese aphorism that's roughly equivalent to the English expression of shooting oneself in the foot. On November 7, Japan's new ...

No end in sight to spat between Japan and China over Taiwan, as neither Tokyo nor Beijing shows signs of backing down.

Chinese officials took issue with Japan’s claim. Wang Xuemeng, a spokesman for the Chinese Navy, said in a statement that the ...

The pandas are to return to China at the end of January after China-Japan relations have deteriorated. Read more at ...

China on Monday announced countermeasures against Shigeru Iwasaki, the former chief of the Joint Staff of Self-Defense Forces ...

Wu Hailong tells forum that Tokyo 'has never truly reflected on or repented its crimes of aggression' during World War II ...