pointed out that US air and naval units used Taishojima and Kubajima - two of the eight islands and reefs that make up the Senkaku archipelago, which China claims and refers to as the Diaoyu ...

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

His motive for the remarks about the Senkaku Islands, known as the Diaoyu Islands in China, remains unknown. The Japanese government bought three of the islands, which are located in Okinawa ...

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 ...

Chinese coastguard vessels have been identified operating in the contiguous zone just outside Japanese territorial waters around disputed islands in the East China Sea for a record 353 days this ...

which are known as the Senkaku Islands in Japan and the Diaoyu Islands in China. It was the second year in a row the CCG had broken its own record. Data released by the Japan Coast Guard (JCG ...

Tensions have risen to dangerous levels between Japan and China over a small group of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea, called the Senkaku by the Japanese and the Diaoyu by the Chinese.

During a live radio program aired on Aug. 19, the Chinese news presenter deviated from the prepared script to assert that the Senkaku Islands, known as Diaoyu Islands in China, belong to China.

Leaving Japan to fend for itself would be an end to the U.S.-Japanese Mutual Defense Treaty.

Although key factors for this are the confrontations regarding “historical perceptions” and the “Senkaku Islands” (known as the “Diaoyu Islands” in China), some point out “biases ...

China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) will send a delegation to Japan for a visit later this month as the two countries step up engagement and defence exchanges in a bid to mend bilateral ties. The ...