Japan received reassurances of continued close ties with its U.S. ally including confirmation that a security treaty covers ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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

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