These days, Japan needs to think about how to stand up for itself. To some degree, Takaichi’s comments were merely a ...

Japan on Monday said it has dispatched a senior foreign ministry official to China in an effort to ease rising tensions, following a slump in tourism-exposed stocks in Tokyo amid a diplomatic feud ...

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, South ...

China has banned imports of Japanese seafood and movies, cancelled trade talks and a trilateral summit, restricted tourism and flights to Japan, and is threatening further countermeasures if Tokyo ...

Japan-China trade tensions escalate as reports suggest Beijing may halt Japanese seafood imports, potentially linked to the Fukushima wastewater release. This follows earlier bans and a recent ...

China has a history of coercive trade actions against Japan, including a 2023 seafood import ban and 2010 rare earth export halt. (AFP pic) Trade cooperation between China and Japan has been “severely ...

Officials from China and Japan on Tuesday (November 18, 2025) held talks in Beijing to tone down tensions over Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's recent remarks on Taiwan, which led to a sharp ...

Facing reprisals from Beijing for a remark over Taiwan, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi must walk a fine line to prevent escalating the dispute without looking weak at home. By Javier C. Hernández ...