Neither the Japan-U.S. alliance nor the Sino-Japanese economic relationship will completely unravel overnight. However, the ...

The evolution of Sino-Japanese relations has rarely followed a linear path – but it has always remained within clear guardrails, even during times of tension. Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae ...

R ICHARD NIXON’S surprise trip to China to meet Mao Zedong in 1972 came to be known in Japan as a “Nixon shock”. Donald Trump’s choreographed meeting with Xi Jinping was n ...

BEIJING (AP) — They’re at it again. China and Japan — frenemies, trading partners and uneasy neighbors with a tortured, bloody history they still struggle to navigate — are freshly at each other’s ...

The Japanese government under Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is preparing to tighten controls over foreign residents, prompting accusations of rising xenophobia. But the proposed policies are driven ...

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in Nara, Japan, on Jan. 13, 2026. Reporter South Korea has become a new focal point amid an escalating feud between ...

Amid mounting friction between Tokyo and Beijing, Japan’s approach to China is increasingly tied to its domestic social debates. As Chinese tourists, migrants and digital culture become embedded in ...

In December, China increased military activity in the South China Sea and around Taiwan while simultaneously advancing diplomatic mediation, security cooperation, and economic initiatives across the ...