Japan says Trump has invited its leader to the US. It comes as ties with China are strained

President Donald Trump has invited Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to visit the United States this year ...

Trump to meet US' China envoy after call with Japan PM Takaichi as Taiwan drills conclude

US President Donald Trump is meeting US Ambassador to China David Perdue at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida on Friday, ...
The Economist

Why China’s spat with Japan could still get worse

F or nigh on 1,000 years, the Japanese pirates have wreaked havoc…they respect only force, and their hearts are bursting with malice.” This month China’s armed forces released these verses on social ...

How Japanese scallops became a pawn in diplomatic tensions with China

China is using a ban on the humble mollusk, mostly harvested in Hokkaido, to punish Japan over its apparent willingness to ...

The Tiny Japanese Island on the Front Lines of China’s Feud

Yonaguni, a tiny Japanese island near Taiwan, is getting soldiers, radar and missiles. As China’s dispute with Tokyo ...

How a Japanese scallop got caught in a China-Japan power struggle

A prized delicacy from Hokkaido has become an unlikely bargaining chip in rising tensions over Taiwan, trade and regional ...

China stages military drills around Taiwan to warn ‘external forces’ after U.S., Japan tensions

Taiwan’s aviation authority said more than 100,000 international air travelers would be affected by flight cancellations or ...

Japan’s Cabinet OKs record defense budget that aims to deter China

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Cabinet on Friday approved a record defense budget plan exceeding 9 trillion yen ($58 billion) for the ...
The Diplomat

The Japan-China Joint Communiqué and the Question of Taiwan

Tensions are rising in Japan-China relations over Taiwan. It started with Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae’s statement to the ...

Why China is turning down the nationalist heat in its row with Japan

A little over a decade ago, a diplomatic row with Japan would have been enough to bring people out into the streets in China or at least stir a patriotic retail boycott. China and Japan have a ...