China Tokyo Tension

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  Tokyo Conveys Concerns To Beijing As Chinese Ships Enter Japanese Waters

  The Japanese government termed the Chinese action "a violation of international law. It is truly regretful, and we cannot accept it."

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  At Quad Meet, India Talks "Territorial Integrity" Amid China Standoff

  Foreign minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday underscored India's commitment to "rules-based international order, territorial integrity, sovereignty and peaceful resolution of disputes" at the meeting of Quad -- four major Indo-Pacific democracies of India, the US, Japan and Australia.

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  Japan To Set Up Police Unit To Patrol Disputed Islands In East China Sea

  Japan will launch a special police unit equipped with submachine guns and helicopters to patrol disputed isles in the East China Sea -- a source of tension between Tokyo and Beijing, according to police and media.

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  Japan Urges China Not To Escalate East China Sea Tension

  Japan said on Monday it would respond firmly after Chinese government vessels had intruded into what Tokyo considers its territorial waters near disputed islands in the East China Sea 14 times at the weekend, stoking bilateral tensions.

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  Japan Urges China Not To Escalate East China Sea Tension

  Japan said on Monday it would respond firmly after Chinese government vessels had intruded into what Tokyo considers its territorial waters near disputed islands in the East China Sea 14 times at the weekend, stoking bilateral tensions.

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  Japan, China in Security Talks After 4-Year Break

  Japan and China held security talks today after a four-year hiatus because of simmering territorial tensions, in a meeting expected to touch on the flashpoint issue of maritime crisis management, officials and reports said.

• Japan PM Shinzo Abe Says Door Always Open for China Talks

  Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has played down recent tensions with neighbour China, saying the countries were "inextricably linked" and his door was always open for dialogue.

• Asian stocks subdued in holiday thin trade

  Global markets have been buffeted in recent weeks by tensions in Ukraine, signs of slowing growth in China and uncertainty over when the US Federal Reserve would start to tighten interest rates.

• Japan to arm remote western island, risking more China tension

  Japan is sending 100 soldiers and radar to its westernmost outpost, a tropical island off Taiwan, in a deployment that risks angering China with ties between Asia's biggest economies already hurt by a dispute over nearby islands they both claim.

• China says Japan's 'hype' on air defence zone spreads tension

  China does not feel threatened by countries in Southeast Asia and is optimistic about the situation in the disputed South China Sea, the Foreign Ministry said

• Shinzo Abe sees World War One echoes in Japan-China tensions

  Prime Minister Shinzo Abe compared current tensions between Japan and China to rivalry between Britain and Germany on the eve of World War One

• China lashes out at Japan's new defence plan, says Tokyo maintaining 'Cold War mentality'

  China's military lashed out Saturday at Japan's plans to boost defense spending, accusing Tokyo of raising regional tensions under the pretext of safeguarding national security.

• US sends new submarine-hunting jets to Japan amid East Asia tension

  The U.S. Navy's first advanced P-8 Poseidon patrol aircraft has arrived in Japan.

• Japanese airlines to stop giving China flight plans through new air zone

  Japan's two biggest airlines have bowed to a government request to stop filing flight plans demanded by China on routes through a new Chinese air defence zone, whose creation has ratcheted up tensions over the bitterly disputed region.

• Japan navy to unveil biggest warship since World War II

  Japan is set to unveil its biggest warship since World War II on Tuesday amid tensions with China following maritime skirmishes between the two nations over disputed islands.