Why China and Japan are in a growing standoff

China and Japan are two of Asia’s most powerful nations and the region’s biggest trading partners. Yet centuries of intense ...
Council on Foreign Relations

Crises May Now Drive Japan’s Relations With China

Diplomatic crises often change the stakes for each, and for the Japanese, the consequences of this crisis are multifaceted.
The Diplomat

Japan’s Defense White Paper Sounds Alarm Over China’s ‘Gray Zone’ Activities

Hong Kong’s Grenfell Tower Moment: When Grief Became Sedition For the first time, the annual white paper expressed Japan’s concern over the expanding military role of the China Coast Guard. This ...

China, Evoking World War II, Urges Europe to Take Its Side Against Japan

A diplomatic row with Japan over Taiwan has China turning to Britain and France for support, appealing to their shared ...
CBS News

Japan says warplanes scrambled as Chinese drone detected near southern island close to Taiwan

Tokyo — Japan said Monday that it had scrambled aircraft after detecting a suspected Chinese drone near its southern island of Yonaguni, which is close to Taiwan, on Saturday, as tension between the ...
Time

How the China-Japan Rift Could Cost Both Countries

China and Japan have been locked in a diplomatic spat that could come at a heavy cost to both sides. On Nov. 7, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi suggested that an attack on Taiwan could ...
CNN

China warns citizens against Japan travel as Taiwan spat escalates

China has warned its citizens against traveling to Japan as it escalates a backlash over comments by the country’s prime minister about the island of Taiwan. The dictum is Beijing’s most ...
The Diplomat

China, Japan, and Shifting Narratives of War

The recent 80th anniversary of Japan’s surrender at the end of World War II inspired multiple publications on how Japan remembers its wartime history. However, there has been less said about the ...
Time

What to Know About Japan and China’s Spat Over Taiwan

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaich shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping ahead of the Japan-China summit on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit in Gyeongju, ...