Japan's defense ministry reports responding to hundreds of Chinese and Russian aerial and maritime intrusions since April.

Five Diet members inspected areas around the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, drawing a rebuke from China, which also claims the uninhabited islets. “We looked at the status of ...

A Chinese frigate was spotted passing through the contiguous zone around the disputed Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture, the government announced on July 4. This was the fourth time since June ...

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

Chinese government ships navigated near Japan's Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea almost every day last year. Japanese authorities confirmed that Chinese vessels seen in the latter part of the ...

Japanese forces have not used the islands for exercises. After Okinawa reverted to Japanese control in May 1972, the US "took an ambiguous stance on the Senkaku Islands that has created enormous ...

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 ...

Since the Nixon administration, the United States has taken the position that territorial sovereignty over the Senkaku Islands was to be decided by the parties involved — Japan, China and ...

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

The China Coast Guard (CCG) also set a record for the number of vessels operating in the waters around the Japanese-controlled but Chinese-claimed islands, which are known as the Senkaku Islands ...

China studies expert and University of Tokyo Professor Dr. Shin Kawashima is calling for stronger cooperation among ...

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 ...