Xi Jinping Fumio Kishida

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Thursday that he told President Xi Jinping he has "serious concerns" about Chinese military activity during their first direct talks in a year and slammed Beijing's ban on its seafood.

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Thursday he had expressed "serious concerns" over regional security issues to Chinese President Xi Jinping in Bangkok at the pair's first face-to-face talks.

Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida held talks with his South Korean counterpart today in a bid to mend ties strained by a territorial dispute and a feud over "comfort women" forced to work in Japan's wartime military brothels.

A Chinese newspaper published a map of Japan with mushroom clouds rising above Hiroshima and Nagasaki, provoking outrage Tuesday from Tokyo's foreign minister, who is from the first of the cities to be obliterated.

US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Japan on Sunday to discuss nuclear tensions on the Korean peninsula after securing vital support from China to help defuse the weeks-long crisis.

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Thursday that he told President Xi Jinping he has "serious concerns" about Chinese military activity during their first direct talks in a year and slammed Beijing's ban on its seafood.

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Thursday he had expressed "serious concerns" over regional security issues to Chinese President Xi Jinping in Bangkok at the pair's first face-to-face talks.

Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida held talks with his South Korean counterpart today in a bid to mend ties strained by a territorial dispute and a feud over "comfort women" forced to work in Japan's wartime military brothels.

A Chinese newspaper published a map of Japan with mushroom clouds rising above Hiroshima and Nagasaki, provoking outrage Tuesday from Tokyo's foreign minister, who is from the first of the cities to be obliterated.

US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Japan on Sunday to discuss nuclear tensions on the Korean peninsula after securing vital support from China to help defuse the weeks-long crisis.