US President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba have declared that the disputed Senkaku Islands fall under NATO’s collective defense. The move heightens tensions with China, which ...

The Japanese government formally obtains control of the Diaoyu (Senkaku) Islands. Japan asserts the islands were not owned by anyone prior to their occupation while China maintains it has ...

BEIJING--The Chinese government has released a topographical study of the disputed Senkaku Islands off Okinawa Prefecture in an apparent bid to bolster its territorial claims. China’s Ministry ...

Japan received reassurances of continued close ties with its U.S. ally including confirmation that a security treaty covers ...

Diplomatic Efforts to Manage (or Resolve) the Territorial Dispute Preventing armed conflict between Japan and China over the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands dispute ultimately depends on Beijing and Tokyo ...

Hagel then publicly reminded China that America’s mutual defense treaty with Japan applies to the disputed Senkaku islands. Washington’s cheeky response was to fly B-52 bombers through the ...

China made the latest move in its territorial confrontation with Japan by sending surveillance vessels to the disputed islands, known as Senkaku by Japan and Diaoyu by China.

The main point of contention over the disputed East China Sea islands ... the dynasty's control ended far short of the Senkaku Islands. From the Yomiuri: During China's Ming dynasty, a provincial ...

Japanese prime minister Shigeru Ishiba will meet US President Donald Trump to strengthen security, trade, and energy ties.

TASS/. Four patrol ships of China’s Coast Guard have entered a zone, considered its maritime territory by Japan, near the disputed Senkaku (Diaoyu) Islands in the East China Sea, Kyodo reported.

The new ship, an ultra-large multipurpose patrol vessel, will be around 200 meters long and will weigh about 30,000 tons. The decade-old approach is failing to gain any substantial benefit, while ...