In 2008 Japan and China had reached an agreement to jointly develop gas fields in the East China Sea, but talks stalled since then.

China has initiated construction of a new natural resource development structure in the East China Sea between China and ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan has protested China's operation of mobile drilling rigs in waters on the Chinese side of the Japan-China median line in the East China Sea, its Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.

The new structure on the Chinese side of the median line between the two countries in the waterway comes as the area's ...

They’re at it again. China and Japan are frenemies, trading partners and uneasy neighbors with a tortured and bloody history they’re still working through.

Japan and the Philippines signed a defense pact on Thursday that would allow the tax-free provision of ammunition, fuel, food ...

SCSPI’s Hu Bo said maritime disagreements with Manila and Tokyo would continue but that Beijing had ‘overwhelming advantages’ ...

Ship-tracking data shows thousands of Chinese fishing vessels moving in coordinated formations, signalling a sharper and more ...

Tokyo has begun a seabed mining trial near Minamitori Island as it seeks to cut reliance on Chinese rare earth supplies.

Japan and China agreed in June 2008 to cooperate over oil and gas resources in the East China Sea, but negotiations came to a halt two years later due to rising tensions between the two countries.