China has frozen regulatory reviews for new Japanese films, adding to the fallout from a dispute over Taiwan that shows little sign of easing.

BEIJING—With blockbuster films featuring survival-game plotlines and microdramas clocking in at several minutes an episode, China’s latest cultural productions depicting wartime resistance against Japan are tweaking the formula to grab the attention of ...

From China’s point of view, the Japanese Prime Minister’s remarks on Taiwan test a red line - a trigger that sets this dispute apart from past flare-ups, analysts say.

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 countries that Japan fought and their historical narratives ...