China-japan Island Dispute

New US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Sunday, during his first phone call with his Japanese counterpart, reaffirmed America's commitment to defending the disputed East China Sea islets known as the Senkaku in Japan, Jiji news agency reported.

The United States pledged support for ally Japan on Wednesday in a growing dispute with China over islands in the East China Sea.

Beijing on Saturday announced it was setting up an "air defence identification zone" over an area that includes islands controlled by Japan but claimed by China, in a move that could inflame the bitter territorial row.

China and Japan engaged on Friday in a fresh round of invective over military movements near a disputed group of uninhabited islands, fuelling tensions that for months have bedevilled relations between the two major Asian powers.

Three Chinese government ships were sailing in waters around islands disputed with Japan on Wednesday, a day after the Japanese premier suggested a summit could help mend frayed ties.

The Philippines has asked China to explain its deployment of a patrol ship to guard disputed territory it claims in the South China Sea, saying the move has sparked new tensions over the potentially oil-rich waters, Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario said on Wednesday.

Eleven Chinese government ships entered waters around Japanese-administered islands Tuesday, Japan's coastguard said, hours after two Japanese activists swam to one of the disputed islets.

The mouthpiece of China's Communist Party warned on Monday that Japan's economy could suffer for up to 20 years if Beijing chose to impose sanctions over an escalating territorial row. Anti-Japanese protests have been held across China in recent days over a dispute over a group of small islands in the East China Sea claimed by both countries but co...

Chinese protesters took to city streets for a second day on Sunday to denounce Japan in a row over disputed islands, prompting the Japanese prime minister to call on Beijing to ensure protection of his country's people and property.

Protests against Japan for its control of disputed islands swelled across more than a dozen cities in China and at times turned violent on Saturday, with protesters hurling rocks at the Japanese Embassy and clashing with Chinese paramilitary police before order was restored.

A group of Japanese activists swam ashore and raised flags early Sunday on one of a group of islands at the centre of an escalating territorial dispute with China.

Japan on Friday deported pro-Beijing activists who had sailed to a disputed island, as Tokyo moved swiftly to put an end to a potentially damaging row with China. Half of the group were put aboard a commercial airliner in the Okinawan main city of Naha, bound directly for Hong Kong, with the other half taken back to their boat in Ishigaki.

New US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Sunday, during his first phone call with his Japanese counterpart, reaffirmed America's commitment to defending the disputed East China Sea islets known as the Senkaku in Japan, Jiji news agency reported.

The United States pledged support for ally Japan on Wednesday in a growing dispute with China over islands in the East China Sea.

Beijing on Saturday announced it was setting up an "air defence identification zone" over an area that includes islands controlled by Japan but claimed by China, in a move that could inflame the bitter territorial row.

China and Japan engaged on Friday in a fresh round of invective over military movements near a disputed group of uninhabited islands, fuelling tensions that for months have bedevilled relations between the two major Asian powers.

Three Chinese government ships were sailing in waters around islands disputed with Japan on Wednesday, a day after the Japanese premier suggested a summit could help mend frayed ties.

The Philippines has asked China to explain its deployment of a patrol ship to guard disputed territory it claims in the South China Sea, saying the move has sparked new tensions over the potentially oil-rich waters, Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario said on Wednesday.

Eleven Chinese government ships entered waters around Japanese-administered islands Tuesday, Japan's coastguard said, hours after two Japanese activists swam to one of the disputed islets.

The mouthpiece of China's Communist Party warned on Monday that Japan's economy could suffer for up to 20 years if Beijing chose to impose sanctions over an escalating territorial row. Anti-Japanese protests have been held across China in recent days over a dispute over a group of small islands in the East China Sea claimed by both countries but co...

Chinese protesters took to city streets for a second day on Sunday to denounce Japan in a row over disputed islands, prompting the Japanese prime minister to call on Beijing to ensure protection of his country's people and property.

Protests against Japan for its control of disputed islands swelled across more than a dozen cities in China and at times turned violent on Saturday, with protesters hurling rocks at the Japanese Embassy and clashing with Chinese paramilitary police before order was restored.

A group of Japanese activists swam ashore and raised flags early Sunday on one of a group of islands at the centre of an escalating territorial dispute with China.

Japan on Friday deported pro-Beijing activists who had sailed to a disputed island, as Tokyo moved swiftly to put an end to a potentially damaging row with China. Half of the group were put aboard a commercial airliner in the Okinawan main city of Naha, bound directly for Hong Kong, with the other half taken back to their boat in Ishigaki.