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 ...

U.S. Marines and the Japanese Ground Self Defense will join for a bilateral exercise on Japan’s southwest islands, Japanese ...

China has warned the Japanese air force to leave the airspace near the Senkaku Islands in a fresh case of tensions over a disputed islet territory. On February 3, the China Coast Guard began to ...

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 ...

Japan Broadcasting Corp. (NHK) apologized after its Chinese news presenter said on the air that the disputed Senkaku Islands belong to China, although they are also claimed by Japan and Taiwan.

Experts have dismissed Japan's sovereignty claims over the Diaoyu Islands as unfounded, urging both Japan and China to shelve ...

The number of days Chinese government vessels were spotted in the contiguous zone of disputed islands ... but Chinese-claimed islands, which are known as the Senkaku Islands in Japan and the ...

Japan Broadcasting Corp. (NHK) has issued a fresh apology after its Chinese newscaster made unauthorized comments about the disputed Senkaku Islands and other sensitive topics during a Chinese ...

Chinese coastguard vessels have been identified operating in the contiguous zone just outside Japanese territorial waters around disputed ... known locally as the Senkaku Islands.

Leaving Japan to fend for itself would be an end to the U.S.-Japanese Mutual Defense Treaty.