Chinese ships in disputed-islands waters: Japan

It is regrettable that a Japan-Taiwan agreement on fishing around the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture has come into force without working out specific rules on fishing operations in the area, such as the upper limits on fish catches and the ...

It will be counterintuitive for some, but China's declaration last week that the disputed Senkaku/Diaoyu islands are a "core national interest"i.e., of the same importance as Taiwan, Tibet, and Xinjiang, defensible if necessary by force of armsmakes ...

China is busy these days, busy in provoking its neighbours. It is squabbling with Japan over Senkaku Islands, with the Philippines over Scarborough Shoals, with Vietnam over the Paracel Islands, and even with Malaysia and Brunei.

The U.S. made its position on the South China Sea territorial dispute over the Diaoyu/Senkaku islands very clear this week when U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel met with his Japanese counterpart Itsunori Onodera. Reuters File photo of ...

China and Japan's ongoing clash over the disputed territory of the mutually claimed Diaoyu/ Senkaku Islands may soon be taking a back seat to another territorial dispute involving Beijing. The first Chinese tourist ship bound for the disputed ...

Japan will increase the number of fishery patrol vessels monitoring Taiwanese trawler operations near the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea under a bilateral fisheries agreement, the Japanese agriculture minister said Tuesday. The number will ...

BEIJING China accused Japan on Tuesday of making trouble by nationalizing the Senkaku Islands. On the issues concerning China's territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests, some neighboring countries are taking actions that complicate ...

The United States had warned Japan not to purchase the Senkaku Islands last year, former U.S. Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell said in an interview.

Key Concepts Territorial issues always stimulate strong sentiments of nationalism in all the parties concerned. However, what is needed most is to have a calm and reasoned debate over these issues. Clashing nationalisms will be detrimental to any ...