Chinese government ships navigated near Japan's Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea almost every day last year. Japanese authorities confirmed that Chinese vessels seen in the latter part of the ...

Japan Broadcasting Corp. (NHK) apologized after its Chinese news presenter said on the air that the disputed Senkaku Islands belong to China, although they are also claimed by Japan and Taiwan.

U.S. Marines and the Japanese Ground Self Defense will join for a bilateral exercise on Japan’s southwest islands, Japanese ...

Since the Nixon administration, the United States has taken the position that territorial sovereignty over the Senkaku Islands was to be decided by the parties involved — Japan, China and ...

The Japanese government formally obtains control of the Diaoyu (Senkaku) Islands. Japan asserts the islands were not owned by anyone prior to their occupation while China maintains it has ...

Japanese forces have not used the islands for exercises. After Okinawa reverted to Japanese control in May 1972, the US "took an ambiguous stance on the Senkaku Islands that has created enormous ...

The China Coast Guard (CCG) also set a record for the number of vessels operating in the waters around the Japanese-controlled but Chinese-claimed islands, which are known as the Senkaku Islands ...

Experts have dismissed Japan's sovereignty claims over the Diaoyu Islands as unfounded, urging both Japan and China to shelve ...

Japan controls the Senkaku Islands. China and Taiwan claim them. The Japanese government maintains the islands are an inherent part of Japan's territory, in terms of history and international law.

China has warned the Japanese air force to leave the airspace near the Senkaku Islands in a fresh case of tensions over a disputed islet territory. On February 3, the China Coast Guard began to ...

Chinese government vessels were spotted just outside Japanese territorial waters near the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea for a record 112th straight day on June 4, the Japan Coast Guard said.

The new ship, an ultra-large multipurpose patrol vessel, will be around 200 meters long and will weigh about 30,000 tons. The decade-old approach is failing to gain any substantial benefit, while ...